Minimizing photobleaching during confocal microscopy of fluorescent probes bound to chromatin: Role of anoxia and photon flux

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-296

  Bernas, T ^a,b   Zarebski M ^a   Cook, R R ^c   Dobrucki, J W ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D image reconstruction; Chromomycin A3; eGFP; Imaging; Oxygen; Propidium iodide

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; CLEANING; DNA; FLUOROPHORES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTONS; PROTEINS; REACTION RATES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

3D IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; BIOLOGICAL STUDIES; CHROMOMYCIN A; CHROMOMYCIN A3; EGFP; FLUORESCENT PROBES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTON FLUX; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

BLEACHING;

CHROMOMYCIN A3; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE; OXYGEN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 4544381360     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2004.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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