A Method for Unobtrusive Labeling of Lipopolysaccharides with Quantum Dots

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 739, Issue , 2011, Pages 113-122

  Morales Betanzos, Carlos ^b   Gonzalez Moa, Maria ^b   Svarovsky, Sergei A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Fluorescence imaging; Labeling; Lipopolysaccharide; Monocytes; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUMINESCENCE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MONOCYTES; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUANTUM DOTS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 80052534880     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-102-4_10     Document Type: Chapter

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