Single-molecule spectroscopic methods

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 531-540

  Haustein, Elke ^a   Schwille, Petra ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 4744364544     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.09.004     Document Type: Review

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