Atomic force microscopy of arthropod gap junctions

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-31

  John, S A ^a   Saner, D ^b   Pitts, J D ^c   Holzenburg, A ^d   Finbow, M E ^c   Lal, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0031259164     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3893     Document Type: Article

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