Scanning near-field fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1812-1818

  Vickery, Sarah A ^a   Dunn, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID MEMBRANE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033058270     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77341-8     Document Type: Article

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