Electrostatically balanced subnanometer imaging of biological specimens by atomic force microscope

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1101-1111

  Müller, Daniel J ^a   Fotiadis, Dimitrios ^a   Scheuring, Simon ^a   Müller, Shirley A ^a   Engel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0039114981     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77275-9     Document Type: Article

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