Alternating-laser excitation of single molecules

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 523-533

  Kapanidis, Achillefs N ^a,d   Laurence, Ted A ^a,b   Nam, Ki Lee ^a,c   Margeat, Emmanuel ^a,e   Kong, Xiangxu ^a   Weiss, Shimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

DNA; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LASERS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 23744455796     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0401348     Document Type: Article

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