Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy in cell biology.
2003
Daniel Axelrod
Department of Physics and Biophysics Research Division, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
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D008856
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Microscopy of specimens stained with fluorescent dye (usually fluorescein isothiocyanate) or of naturally fluorescent materials, which emit light when exposed to ultraviolet or blue light. Immunofluorescence microscopy utilizes antibodies that are labeled with fluorescent dye.
The fundamental, structural, and functional units or subunits of living organisms. They are composed of CYTOPLASM containing various ORGANELLES and a CELL MEMBRANE boundary.