Rapid and effective labeling of brain tissue using TAT-conjugated CdS:Mn/ZnS quantum dots

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 25, 2005, Pages 3144-3146

  Santra, Swadeshmukul ^a   Yang, Heesun ^b   Stanley, Jessie T ^a   Holloway, Paul H ^b   Moudgil, Brij M ^a,b   Walter, Glenn ^a   Mericle, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CADMIUM; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; THYMIDINE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 22344434521     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b503234b     Document Type: Article

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