Fluorescent imaging in living systems

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 521-525

  Emptage, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; CELLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035486782     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4892(01)00090-X     Document Type: Review

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