Phototoxicity in live fluorescence microscopy, and how to avoid it

BioEssays

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Icha, Jaroslav ^a   Weber, Michael ^b   Waters, Jennifer C ^b   Norden, Caren ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

light sheet fluorescence microscopy; live imaging; photobleaching; photodamage; phototoxicity; reactive oxygen species; selective plane illumination

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT SHEET FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIVE FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; TWO PHOTON MICROSCOPY; BIOASSAY; BLEACHING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOBLEACHING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 85025827963     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201700003     Document Type: Review

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