Defining the limits of single-molecule FRET resolution in TIRF microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3102-3111

  Holden, Seamus J ^a   Uphoff, Stephan ^a   Hohlbein, Johannes ^a   Yadin, David ^a   Le Reste, Ludovic ^a   Britton, Oliver J ^a   Kapanidis, Achillefs N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78049317174     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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