Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) fluorescence after polyelectrolyte caging

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 9815-9824

  Diaspro, Alberto ^a   Krol, Silke ^a   Campanini, Barbara ^b   Cannone, Fabio ^c   Chirico, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; POLYELECTROLYTES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

FLUORESCENT MARKERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); PHOTO-STABILITY; SUBMICRON RESOLUTION;

PROTEINS;

EID: 33750362006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009815     Document Type: Article

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