Confocal microscopy of single molecules of the green fluorescent protein

Bioimaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-61

  Jung, G ^a   Wiehler, J ^a   Gohde W ^b   Tittel, J ^a   Basche Th ^c   Steipe, B ^a   Brauchle, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blinking; Confocal fluorescence microscopy; GFP; Photochemistry; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; JELLYFISH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031944369     PISSN: 09669051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1361-6374(199803)6:1<54::AID-BIO7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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