Single-molecule fluorescence observed with mercury lamp illumination

BioTechniques

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1008-1014

  Unger, M ^a   Kartalov, E ^a   Chiu, C S ^a   Lester, H A ^a   Quake, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; MERCURY; RHODAMINE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CAMERA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; ILLUMINATION; MOLECULE;

EID: 0032706129     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/99275rr01     Document Type: Article

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