Direct observation of specific messenger RNA in a single living cell under a fluorescence microscope

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3260-3274

  Tsuji, Akihiko ^a   Koshimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Sato, Yoshihiro ^a   Hirano, Masahiko ^a   Sei Iida, Yukari ^a   Kondo, Satoshi ^a   Ishibashi, Kaname ^a  

^a Laboratory of Molecular Biophotonics   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN C FOS; STREPTAVIDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN COS1; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION;

EID: 0034130498     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76862-7     Document Type: Article

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