Use of quantum dots for live cell imaging

Nature Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Jaiswal, Jyoti K ^a   Goldman, Ellen R ^b   Mattoussi, Hedi ^b   Simon, Sanford M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CELL; CELL CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AVIDIN; CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 24044518772     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth1004-73     Document Type: Article

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