Imaging intracellular viscosity of a single cell during photoinduced cell death

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-73

  Kuimova, Marina K ^a,b   Botchway, Stanley W ^c   Parker, Anthony W ^c   Balaz, Milan ^d   Collins, Hazel A ^d   Anderson, Harry L ^d   Suhling, Klaus ^e   Ogilby, Peter R ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PORPHYRIN; SINGLET OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; DIFFUSION; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HAMSTER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TUMOR CELL LINE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DIFFUSION; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 67049112481     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.120     Document Type: Article

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