Turning all the lights on: Quantum dots in cellular assays

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 533-537

  Bruchez, Marcel P ^a  

^a INVITROGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; QUANTUM DOT; SEROTONIN;

BIOLOGY; CELL ASSAY; CELL FUSION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POPULATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REVIEW; TUMOR MODEL;

CELLS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 25144453872     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.08.019     Document Type: Review

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