Slide preparation for single-cell-resolution imaging of fluorescent proteins in their three-dimensional near-native environment

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1221-1228

  Snippert, Hugo J ^a   Schepers, Arnout G ^a   Delconte, Gabriele ^a   Siersema, Peter D ^a   Clevers, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTOMY; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84555189651     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.365     Document Type: Article

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