Fluorogen-based reporters for fluorescence imaging: A review

Methods and Applications in Fluorescence

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Jullien, Ludovic ^a,b,c   Gautier, Arnaud ^a,b,c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Fluorescence; Fluorogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969428389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20506120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/3/4/042007     Document Type: Review

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