AFM imaging and elasticity measurements on living rat liver macrophages

Cell Biology International

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 685-696

  Rotsch, Christian ^a   Braet, Filip ^b   Wisse, Eddie ^b   Radmacher, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AFM; Cytochalasin B; Elasticity; Kupffer cells; Latrunculin A; Liver; SEM

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; RAT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031271260     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1997.0213     Document Type: Article

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