Heavy metal contaminants can eliminate quantum dot fluorescence

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 79 A, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-89

  Zarkowsky, David ^a   Lamoreaux, Laurie ^a   Chattopadhyay, Pratip ^a   Koup, Richard A ^a   Perfetto, Stephen P ^a   Roederer, Mario ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence intensity; Formalin; Immunophenotyping; Quality control

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; ION; IRON; QUANTUM DOT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL;

COPPER; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; IONS; IRON; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC;

EID: 78650438597     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20986     Document Type: Article

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