Visualizing single molecular complexes in vivo using advanced fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 31, 2009, Pages

  Dobbie, Ian M ^a   Robson, Alexander ^a   Delalez, Nicolas ^a   Leake, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioengineering; Diffusion; Fluorescence; FRAP; GFP; In vivo; Issue 31; Membrane protein; Microscopy; Single molecule; TIRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355137842     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1508     Document Type: Article

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