Comparison of the photobleaching and photostability traits of Alexa fluor 568- and fluorescein isothiocyanate- conjugated antibody

Cell Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-172

  Mahmoudian, Jafar ^a   Hadavi, Reza ^a   Jeddi Tehrani, Mahmood ^a,b   Mahmoudi, Ahmad Reza ^a   Bayat, Ali Ahmad ^a   Shaban, Elham ^a   Vafakhah, Mohtaram ^a   Darzi, Maryam ^a   Tarahomi, Majid ^c   Ghods, Roya ^a  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alexa fluor 568; Fluorescein isothiocyanate; Photobleaching; Photostability

Indexed keywords

ALEXA FLUOR 568; ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROSCOPE; PHOTOSTABILITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 83455213182     PISSN: 22285806     EISSN: 22285814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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