Quantitative live cell fluorescence-microscopy analysis of fission yeast

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 59, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Bjerling, Pernilla ^a   Olsson, Ida ^a,b   Meng, Xi'nan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Fission yeast; Fluorescence microscopy; GFP; Issue 59; Molecular biology; Nuclear organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856977855     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3454     Document Type: Article

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