Structure of the erythrocyte membrane skeleton as observed by atomic force microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2171-2183

  Takeuchi, Minoru ^a,c   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Sako, Yasushi ^c   Komizu, Hideo ^b   Kusumi, Akihiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE GHOST; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031958201     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77926-3     Document Type: Article

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