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Compact Quantum Dots for Single-molecule Imaging
Published on: October 9, 2012
Optical monitoring of single cells using quantum dots
Jyoti K Jaiswal1, Sanford M Simon
1Department of Cellular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
|January 24, 2007
Abstract:
Quantum dots (QDs) can be used to label live cells for long-term tracking experiments. The stability of the QDs ensures low toxicity and long-term imaging capability. The multicolor capabilities of QDs allows the simultaneous monitoring of complex cellular populations, allowing more information-rich experiments to be performed. This chapter discusses the ways in which one can label cells with QDs, and a number of ways to characterize the impact that the labeling has on the cellular populations.
