Experimental approaches for addressing fundamental biological questions in living, functioning cells with single molecule precision

Open Biology

Volumn 2, Issue JUNE, 2012, Pages

  Lenn, Tchern ^a   Leake, Mark C ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence imaging; Fluorescent protein; In vivo; Microscopy; Single molecule; Superresolution

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IN VIVO; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; SINGLE MOLECULE; SUPER-RESOLUTION;

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IN VIVO; MICROSCOPY; SINGLE MOLECULE; SUPER-RESOLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON;

EID: 84864254462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120090     Document Type: Article

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