An oxygen scavenging system for improvement of dye stability in single-molecule fluorescence experiments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1826-1835

  Aitken, Colin Echeverría ^a   Marshall, R Andrew ^b   Puglisi, Joseph D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOCYANINE; CATALASE; CYANINE DYE 3; CYANINE DYE 5; FLUORESCENT DYE; GALLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PROTOCATECHUATE 3,4 DIOXYGENASE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME STABILITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOCYANINES; CATALASE; ENZYME STABILITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXYGEN; PHOTOBLEACHING; PROPYL GALLATE; PROTOCATECHUATE-3,4-DIOXYGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 41449108157     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117689     Document Type: Article

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