Reversible photoswitching enables single-molecule fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy at high molecular concentration

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1003-1009

  Eggeling, C ^a   Hilbert, M ^a   Bock, H ^a   Ringemann, C ^a   Hofmann, M ^a   Stiel, A C ^a   Andresen, M ^a   Jakobs, S ^a   Egner, A ^a   Schonle A ^a   Hell, S W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dronpa; Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; Fluorescence intensity distribution analysis; Fluorescence microscopy; Photoswitching; Reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DRONPA; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE FLUCTUATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MOLECULAR CONCENTRATION; PHOTOSWITCHING; REVERSIBLY SWITCHABLE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; SWITCHABLE;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE FLUCTUATION SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 37149025067     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20505     Document Type: Article

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