Routine fluorescence microscopy of single untethered protein molecules confined to a planar zone

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-262

  Gai, Hongwei ^a   Griess, Gary A ^a   Demeler, Borries ^a   Weintraub, Susan T ^a   Serwer, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agarose; Alexa dye; Bovine serum albumin; Restricted thermal motion; Single molecule biochemistry

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MAMMALS; MOLECULES; PROTEINS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SWELLING;

AGAROSE; ALEXA DYE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; ENSEMBLE AVERAGING; PROTEIN MOLECULES; RESTRICTED THERMAL MOTION; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE BIOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL MOTION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

AGAROSE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION;

ALEXA; BOVINAE;

EID: 34347389705     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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