High resolution imaging of biological macromolecules using the atomic force microscope

Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 453-456

  Henderson, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Imaging; MDCK cells; Nucleic acids; Protein

Indexed keywords

DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CELLS; DNA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031455208     PISSN: 10187782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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