A new concept for ultrasensitive fluorescence measurements of molecules in solution and membrane: 1. Theory and a first application

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Földes Papp, Zeno ^a   Demel, Ulrike ^a   Tilz, Gernot P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

FCS; Fluorescence auto and cross correlation spectroscopy (FCS); Individual immune molecules; Self reacting antibodies; Two color fluorescence cross correlation spectroscopy (FCCS); Universal theory development

Indexed keywords

RHODAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

FLUORESCENT DYES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RHODAMINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 1842840033     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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