Optical saturation as a versatile tool to enhance resolution in confocal microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2623-2629

  Humpolíčková, Jana ^a   Benda, Aleš ^a   Enderlein, Jörg ^b  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTODEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; YEAST CELL;

EID: 72249104759     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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