Simultaneous analysis of the cyan, yellow and green fluorescent proteins by flow cytometry using single-laser excitation at 458 nm

Cytometry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-73

  Beavis, Andrew J ^a   Kalejta, Robert F ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

458 nm excitation; ECFP; EGFP; EYFP; Flow cytometry; Green yellow cyan fluorescent proteins; Single laser excitation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LASERS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033197945     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990901)37:1<68::AID-CYTO8>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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