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During the past 15 years there has been a remarkable growth in the use of fluorescence in the biological sciences. Just a few years ago, fluorescence spectroscopy and timeresolved fluorescence were primarily research tools in biochemistry and biophysics. This situation has changed so that fluorescence is now used in environmental monitoring, clinical chemistry, DNA sequencing, and genetic analysis by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), to name a few areas of application. Additionally, fluorescence is used for cell identification and sorting in flow cytometry, and in cellular imaging to reveal the localization and movement of intracellular substances by means of fluorescence microscopy. Because of the sensitivity of fluorescence detection, and the expense and difficulties of handling radioactive substances, there is a continuing development of medical tests based on the phenomenon of fluorescence. These tests include the widely used enzymelinked immunoassays (ELISA) and fluorescence polarization immunoassays.
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Lakowicz, J.R. (1999). Introduction to Fluorescence. In: Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3061-6_1
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