Interlaced optical force-fluorescence measurements for single molecule biophysics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1069-1077

  Brau, Ricardo R ^a   Tarsa, Peter B ^a   Ferrer, Jorge M ^a   Lee, Peter ^a   Lang, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; MOLECULE;

EID: 33746702015     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.082602     Document Type: Article

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