Single-molecule fluorescence characterization in native environment

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 159-167

  Burghardt, Thomas P ^a   Ajtai, Katalin ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular crowding; Muscle fiber; Myosin; Myosin light chain; Photoactivatable probe; Single molecule detection; Super resolution; Total internal reflection fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951571225     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-010-0038-z     Document Type: Review

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