Single-molecule fluorescence imaging in living cells

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 459-480

  Xia, Tie ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Fang, Xiaohong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Mobility; Single biomolecule kinetics; Stoichiometry; Superresolution imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MOLECULES;

CELLULAR PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IN-VITRO; LIVING CELL; MOBILITY; NATIVE ENVIRONMENT; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; SINGLE-BIOMOLECULE KINETIC; SUPER RESOLUTION IMAGING;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOMATERIAL; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; REVIEW; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL IMAGING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84876002488     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040412-110127     Document Type: Article

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