Super-resolution localization microscopy with photoactivatable fluorescent marker proteins

Protoplasma

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 349-362

  Hedde, Per Niklas ^a,b   Nienhaus, G Ulrich ^a,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent proteins; Localization microscopy; Optical highlighter proteins; Photoactivation; Super resolution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84894271052     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-013-0566-z     Document Type: Review

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