Kinetic analysis of the mitotic cycle of living vertebrate cells by atomic force microscopy

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-74

  Dvorak, James A ^a   Nagao, Eriko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Atomic force microscopy; Light microscopy; Mechanical properties of cell; Mitosis; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; TUBULIN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL KINETICS; CELL STRUCTURE; COW; EMBRYO; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0031843547     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4077     Document Type: Article

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