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UNIT 14.10 Principles and Application of Fluorescence Microscopy

  1. Donald Coling1,
  2. Bechara Kachar2

Published Online: 1 MAY 2001

DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb1410s44

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Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

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How to Cite

Coling, D. and Kachar, B. 2001. Principles and Application of Fluorescence Microscopy. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. 44:14.10.1–14.10.11.

Author Information

  1. 1

    University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California

  2. 2

    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, Maryland

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 1 MAY 2001
  2. Published Print: OCT 1998
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This overview discusses the principle of fluorescence along with practical discussions of fluorescent molecular probes, filters and filter sets, multiband filters and multi-dye fluorescence, light sources, objective lenses, image resolution and the point-spread function, fluorescence microscopy of living cells, and immunolabeling.

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