Observing secretory granules with a multiangle evanescent wave microscope

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2641-2654

  Rohrbach, Alexander ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SECRETORY GRANULE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0034022185     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76808-1     Document Type: Article

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