Green fiber lasers: An alternative to traditional DPSS green lasers for flow cytometry

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1031-1039

  Telford, William G ^a   Babin, Sergey A ^b,c   Khorev, Serge V ^b   Rowe, Stephen H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ZECOTEK PHOTONICS INC   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND ELECTROMETRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DsRed; Fiber laser; Flow cytometry; Phycoerythrin; Red fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSPHERES; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

EID: 73249138133     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20790     Document Type: Article

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