Fluorescent probes in biomedical applications

Biomedical Photonics: Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 56-1-56-20

  Bornhop, Darryl J ^a   Licha, Kai ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

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