Variable-angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (VA-TIRFM): Realization and application of a compact illumination device

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-29

  Stock, K ^a,b   Sailer, R ^a   Strauss, W S L ^a   Lyttek, M ^b   Steiner, R ^a   Schneckenburger, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Angewandte Forschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcein; Cell substrate topology; Evanescent waves; Fluorescence microscopy; Laurdan; TIR illumination

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES; TOPOLOGY;

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; CALCEIN; CELL SUBSTRATES; CELL-SUBSTRATE TOPOLOGY; EVANESCENT WAVE; ILLUMINATION DEVICES; LAURDAN; TIR ILLUMINATION; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; VARIABLE ANGLES;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

CALCEIN; LAURDAN; 2 NAPHTHYLAMINE; CALCEIN AM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DEVICE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; FLUORESCEINS; LAURATES; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MATHEMATICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 0043231281     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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