Chemicals that emit light after excitation by light. The wave length of the emitted light is usually longer than that of the incident light. Fluorochromes are substances that cause fluorescence in other substances, i.e., dyes used to mark or label other compounds with fluorescent tags.
    

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Human cancer cell

Xenopus cancer kidney cells, prometaphase

Human HeLa cancer cells, prometaphase

Cytokinesis in neural tube cells of chick embryo

Amyloid deposition in Type II diabetes pancreatic islet

Turner's stndrome, centromere & cosmid probe

Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

Amyloid deposition in Type II diabetes pancreas islets

Pressure palsy, deletion c'some 17, cosmid

Section through neural tube of chick embryo, confocal

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Turner's stndrome, centromere & cosmid probe

Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

Amyloid deposition in Type II diabetes pancreas islets

Pressure palsy, deletion c'some 17, cosmid

Section through neural tube of chick embryo, confocal