Subcellular and single-molecule imaging of plant fluorescent proteins using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5419-5428

  Vizcay Barrena, Gema ^a   Webb, Stephen E D ^b   Martin Fernandez, Marisa L ^b   Wilson, Zoe A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epifluorescence; Evanescent; fluorescent protein; microscopy; single molecule total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy

Indexed keywords

PHOTOPROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 82255183874     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err212     Document Type: Article

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