Alexa dyes, a series of new fluorescent dyes that yield exceptionally bright, photostable conjugates

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1179-1188

  Panchuk Voloshina, Nataliya ^a   Haugland, Rosaria P ^a   Bishop Stewart, Janell ^a   Bhalgat, Mahesh K ^a   Millard, Paul J ^a   Mao, Fei ^a   Leung, Wai Yee ^a   Haugland, Richard P ^a  

^a MOLECULAR PROBES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyes; Flow cytometry; Fluorescent conjugates; Immunofluorescence; Microscopy; Photostability

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; LUCIFER YELLOW; RHODAMINE 6G; RHODAMINE B; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONJUGATION; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALEXA; CAPRA HIRCUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032823058     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549904700910     Document Type: Article

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