Optical methods for exploring dynamics of single copies of green fluorescent protein

Cytometry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 232-238

  Moerner, W E ^a   Peterman, E J G ^b   Brasselet, S ^b   Kummer, S ^b,c   Dickson, R M ^b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Single molecule; Single molecule biophysics

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS; OPTICS;

EID: 0033168388     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990701)36:3<232::AID-CYTO13>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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