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Major Components of the Light Microscope

DOI :

10.3791/843-v

July 30th, 2008

July 30th, 2008

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1Core Optical Imaging Facility, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)

The light microscope is a basic tool for the cell biologist, who should have a thorough understanding of how it works, how it should be aligned for different applications, and how it should be maintained as required to obtain maximum image-forming capacity and resolution. The components of the microscope are described in detail here.

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