The cell biological application of carbon nanotube probes for atomic force microscopy: Comparative studies of malaria-infected erythrocytes

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 453-458

  Nagao, Eriko ^a   Nishijima, Hirohide ^b   Akita, Seiji ^b   Nakayama, Yoshikazu ^b   Dvorak, James A ^a  

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

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Erythrocyte; Knobs; Malaria; Nanotube probe; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOOD; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISEASES;

ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES PROBE; ERYTHROCYTE; INFECTED ERYTHROCYTES; MALARIA; NANOTUBE PROBES; PHASE IMAGE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOPOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

PROBES;

EID: 0033852637     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023828     Document Type: Article

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