Direct observations of freeze-etching processes of ice-embedded biomembranes by atomic force microscopy

Micron

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-18

  Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a   Tani, Koji ^a   Gotoh, Toshiaki ^a   Kouyama, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Bacteriorhodopsin; Biomembrane; Cantilever; Escherichia coli; Flagella; Freeze etch; Freeze fracture; Purple membrane; Ultrastructures

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037268433     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(03)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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