Atomic force microscopy in histology and cytology

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 421-431

  Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a   Hitomi, Jiro ^a   Ogura, Shigeaki ^b   Umemoto, Takeshi ^c   Shigeno, Masatsugu ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030445661     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.59.421     Document Type: Review

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