Quantitating fluorescence intensity from fluorophore: Assignment of MESF values

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-114

  Gaigalas, A K ^a   Wang, Lili ^a   Schwartz, Abe ^b   Marti, Gerald E ^c   Vogt Jr , Robert F ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Center for Quantitative Cytometry   (Puerto Rico)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytometry; FITC; Fluorescein; Fluorescence yield; MESF; Microspheres

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HOLOGRAPHY; LASERS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE (FTIC); FLUORESCENCE YIELD; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULES OF EQUIVALENT SOLUBLE FLUOROPHORE (MESF);

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 20444470339     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.110.010     Document Type: Article

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