Major signal increase in fluorescence microscopy through dark-state relaxation

Nature Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Donnert, Gerald ^a   Eggeling, Christian ^a   Hell, Stefan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RHODAMINE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RHODAMINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845934415     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth986     Document Type: Article

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