Advances in fluorescence labeling strategies for dynamic cellular imaging

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 512-523

  Dean, Kevin M ^a   Palmer, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

CELL LABELING; CHROMATOPHORE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE LOCUS; IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR IMAGING; RNA; STAINING AND LABELING; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84902773575     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1556     Document Type: Review

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