Study of elastic fiber organization by scanning force microscopy

Matrix Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Pasquali Ronchetti, I ^a   Alessandrini, A ^b   Baccarani Contri, M ^a   Fornieri, C ^a   Mori, G ^a   Quaglino Jr , D ^a   Valdre U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Elastin; Elastin structure; Scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATTLE; ELASTIC FIBER; FORCE; FREEZE FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRETCHING;

EID: 0031955138     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(98)90126-3     Document Type: Article

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