Application of near-field scanning optical microscopy in photosynthesis research

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-191

  Shinkarev, Vladimir P ^a   Brunner, Robert ^b,c   Wraight, Colin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatophores; Collodion film; Electric potential; Fluorescence; NSOM; Thylakoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032697312     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006229818640     Document Type: Article

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