Imaging single molecules using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM)

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Reck Peterson, Samara L ^a   Derr, Nathan D ^a   Stuurman, Nico ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN TAG;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELECTROKYMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTOR UNIT; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTOACTIVATABLE LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REFRACTION INDEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STOCHASTIC OPTICAL RECONSTRUCTION MICROSCOPY; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77956283446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top73     Document Type: Article

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