Measuring cell motility using quantum dot probes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 374, Issue , 2007, Pages 125-131

  Gu, Weiwei ^a   Pellegrino, Teresa ^a   Parak, Wolfgang J ^a   Boudreau, Rosanne ^a   Le Gros, Mark A ^a   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a   Larabell, Carolyn A ^a  

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Author keywords

Cell migration; Cell motility; Fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals; Motility assay; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION ASSAY; CELL MOTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MIGRATION ASSAYS; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 36049017242     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-369-2:125     Document Type: Article

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