Imaging techniques in microbiology

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 346-351

  Fung, David C ^a   Theriot, Julie A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; REVIEW;

CELL COMPARTMENTATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO;

EID: 0032083050     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80040-4     Document Type: Article

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