Shining the spotlight on functional molecular complexes: The new science of single-molecule cell biology

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 415-418

  Leake, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescent protein; In vivo imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958094345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.3.5.12657     Document Type: Review

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