Atomic force microscopy with carbon nanotube probe resolves the subunit organization of protein complexes

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 415-421

  Hohmura, K I ^a   Itokazu, Y ^a   Yoshimura, S H ^a   Mizuguchi, G ^a   Masamura, Y S ^a   Takeyasu, K ^a   Shiomi, Y ^b   Tsurimoto, T ^b   Nishijima, H ^c   Akita, S ^c   Nakayama, Y ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Carbon nanotube probe; Nucleosome; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen; Replication factor C; Subunit arrangements

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL PROLIFERATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; YARN;

A-CARBON; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES PROBE; NUCLEOSOMES; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGENS; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; REPLICATION FACTOR C; REPLICATION FACTORS; SCANNING PROBES; SUBUNIT ARRANGEMENT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033852752     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023823     Document Type: Article

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