Imaging molecular structure and physiological function of gap junctions and hemijunctions by multimodal atomic force microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 273-288

  Lal, Ratneshwar ^a   Lin, Hai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D structure; Atomic force microscopy; Cell volume regulation; Gap junctions; Hemichannel; Structure function correlation

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

3D STRUCTURE; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; CELL VOLUME REGULATION; GAP-JUNCTIONS; HEMICHANNELS; ION CHANNEL; MULTI-MODAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION CORRELATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035254181     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010201)52:3<273::AID-JEMT1013>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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