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.
Synonyms: Polarization, Fluorescence Fluorescence Polarizations Fluorescence Anisotropy Anisotropies, Fluorescence Fluorescence Anisotropies Anisotropy, Fluorescence Polarizations, Fluorescence Fluorescence Polarization
Term information
determ of polarization of fluorescent light: do not confuse with FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY, its application to hapten-antibody reaction; NIM
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