High-resolution imaging of antibodies by tapping-mode atomic force microscopy: Attractive and repulsive tip-sample interaction regimes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1599-1605

  San Paulo, Alvaro ^a   García, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN ANTIBODY;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0034054531     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76712-9     Document Type: Article

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