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Abstract
Measurement of the polarization of fluorescent light from solutions or microscopic specimens. It is used to provide information concerning molecular size, shape, and conformation, molecular anisotropy, electronic energy transfer, molecular interaction, including dye and coenzyme binding, and the antigen-antibody reaction.
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- Polarization, Fluorescence
- Fluorescence Polarizations
- Polarizations, Fluorescence
- Anisotropy, Fluorescence
- Fluorescence Anisotropy
- Anisotropies, Fluorescence
- Fluorescence Anisotropies
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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determ of polarization of fluorescent light: do not confuse with FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY, its application to hapten-antibody reaction; NIM
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- Fluorometry (1966-1978)
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence (1972-1978)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Fluorescence Polarization. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005454. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005454
- Fluorescence Polarization. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73401705