Biomolecular interactions measured by atomic force microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3267-3281

  Willemsen, Oscar H ^a   Snel, Margot M E ^a,b,c   Cambi, Alessandra ^b   Greve, Jan ^a   De Grooth, Bart G ^a   Figdor, Carl G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033637522     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76559-3     Document Type: Article

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