Imaging of chromosomes at nano-meter scale resolution using scanning near-field optical/atomic force microscopy

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 425-434

  Ohtani, Toshio ^a   Shichiri, Motoharu ^a   Fukushi, Daisuke ^a   Sugiyama, Shigeru ^a   Yoshino, Tomoyuki ^a   Kobori, Toshiro ^a   Hagiwara, Shoji ^a   Ushiki, Tatsuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BARLEY; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; IMAGING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SISTER CHROMATID; TELOMERE; TOPOGRAPHY;

BENZOXAZOLES; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FLUORESCENT DYES; HORDEUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0036953170     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.65.425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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