Fluorescent measurement of [Ca2+]c;Basic Practical Considerations

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 312, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-36

  Simpson, Alec W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; CELL; METABOLISM; RADIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; CELLS; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 80051758530     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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