Fluorescence lifetime imaging of molecular rotors in living cells

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 60, 2012, Pages

  Suhling, Klaus ^a   Levitt, James A ^a   Chung, Pei Hua ^a   Kuimova, Marina K ^b   Yahioglu, Gokhan ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PhotoBiotics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; FLIM; Fluorescence; Fluorescent molecular rotors; Issue 60; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857888330     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2925     Document Type: Article

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