Morphological observation on fibronectin fibrils surrounding human breast carcinoma cells by atomic force microscopy

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 752-755

  Chen, Yong ^a,b   Cai, Ji Ye ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Fibril; Fibronectin; Human breast carcinoma cells

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; TECHNIQUE;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0141494299     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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