A Brief Introduction to Single-Molecule Fluorescence Methods

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 783, Issue , 2011, Pages 81-99

  van den Wildenberg, Siet M J L ^a   Prevo, Bram ^a   Peterman, Erwin J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confocal fluorescence; Fluorophore; Microscopy; TIRF; Wide field epifluorescence

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 80054721875     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-282-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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