Atomic force microscopy imaging of living cells: Progress, problems and prospects

Methods in Cell Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  You, Hong Xing ^a   Yu, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular dynamic processes; Cellular micromechanical properties; Living cells; Scanning force microscopy; Scanning probe microscopy; Submembrane structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DYNAMICS; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032816166     PISSN: 13815741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009876320336     Document Type: Article

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