Molecular dynamics in living cells observed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy with one- and two-photon excitation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2251-2265

  Schwille, Petra ^a,b   Haupts, Ulrich ^a,c   Maiti, Sudipta ^a,d   Webb, Watt W ^a  

^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THEORY;

EID: 0032828419     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77065-7     Document Type: Article

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