QDs versus Alexa: Reality of promising tools for immunocytochemistry

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Montón, Helena ^a   Nogués, Carme ^a   Rossinyol, Emma ^a   Castell, Onofre ^a   Roldán, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXA FLUOR; BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; CDSE QDS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; ENDOSOMAL SYSTEM; FLUOROCHROMES; GOLGI COMPLEX; HELA CELL CULTURE; HIGH SPECIFICITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; MICROTUBULE NETWORKS; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIC DYE; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHOTONIC PROPERTIES; POTENTIAL TOOL; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

ANTIBODIES; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ALEXA; BETA TUBULIN; DYE; EARLY ENDOSOME ANTIGEN 1; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSOME; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROTUBULE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ALEXA;

EID: 67651250058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14773155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-7-4     Document Type: Article

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