Live-cell fluorescence imaging

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-150

  Waters, Jennifer C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorophore; Green fluorescent protein; Koehler illumination; Live cell fluorescence imaging; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881533144     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407761-4.00006-3     Document Type: Chapter

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