High-Resolution Imaging of Cellular Processes in Caenorhabditis elegans

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-34

  Maddox, Amy S ^a   Maddox, Paul S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charge coupled device; Magnification; Numerical aperture; Photomultiplier tube; Resolution; Working distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855460328     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394620-1.00001-1     Document Type: Chapter

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