Counting protein molecules using quantitative fluorescence microscopy

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 499-506

  Coffman, Valerie C ^a   Wu, Jian Qiu ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STEPWISE PHOTOBLEACHING; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867912638     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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