autofluorescence has definitions from the field of physics
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[ noun ] (physics) self-induced fluorescence

Used in print

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

Specific staining by DEAE-cellulose treated * * f and * * f , although clearly distinguishable under the microscope from either nonspecific staining or autofluorescence of cells , was not satisfactorily photographed to show such differences in_spite_of many attempts with black_and_white and color photography .

This was chiefly because of the bluish white autofluorescence from the cells .

The autofluorescence from the walls of the xylem cells was particularly brilliant .

Related terms

fluorescence

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