Visualization and tracking of single protein molecules in the cell nucleus

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2954-2967

  Kues, Thorsten ^a   Peters, Reiner ^a   Kubitscheck, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHROMATOPHORE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035008139     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76261-3     Document Type: Article

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