High-resolution cryo-scanning electron microscopy study of the macromolecular structure of fibronectin fibrils

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Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 349-355

  Chen, Ya ^a   Zardi, Luciano ^b   Peters, Donna M Pesciotta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryo scanning electron microscopy; Fibronectin; Fibronectin fibrils; High resolution scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; FIBERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLASMAS; PROTEINS; SURFACES;

FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN FIBRILS; HIGH RESOLUTION CRYO SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN SKIN FIBROBLAST; NODULAR STRUCTURE;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EPITOPE; FIBRONECTIN; GUANIDINE; HEPARIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY LABELING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBER; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 0031200818     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950190505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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