Progress in single-molecule spectroscopy in cells

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-9

  Yang, Haw ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 O ALKYLGUANINE DNA ALKYLTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MACROGOL; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM; SILVER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; ZINC;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL; CHEMICAL LABELING; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULE; NANOENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DEPENDENT SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY;

CELLS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149125135     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.10.015     Document Type: Review

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