Observing interactions between the IgG antigen and anti-IgG antibody with AFM

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 42-46

  Zhang, P C ^a   Bai, C ^b,e,f,g   Ho, P K H ^c,h,i   Dai, Y ^d,j   Wu, Y S ^d,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d No 261 Hospital of PLA   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Undergraduate Sci Res Programme   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j Shenyang College of Medicine   (China)

^k Sixth Medical College of PLA

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROPHILIC CONTACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MOLAR RATIO; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPLEX FORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031105539     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.582175     Document Type: Article

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