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Comparative Study
. 1979 Jan;27(1):44-8.
doi: 10.1177/27.1.438504.

Cellular autofluorescence--is it due to flavins?

R C Benson, R A Meyer, M E Zaruba, G M McKhann
Comparative Study

Cellular autofluorescence--is it due to flavins?

R C Benson et al. J Histochem Cytochem. 1979 Jan.

Abstract

For many cell types, cellular autofluorescence in the 500-600 nm spectral region can result in a significant background signal for measurements of weakly fluorescent probes. Measurements of fluorescence intensity and spectra of a variety of cell types and assays of neuronal homogenates are presented to demonstrate that this autofluorescence is most likely due to endogenous flavoproteins.

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