High-resolution near-field optical imaging of single nuclear pore complexes under physiological conditions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3681-3688

  Hoppener C ^a   Siebrasse, J P ^b   Peters, R ^b   Kubitscheck, U ^c   Naber, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; OOCYTE; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 17844364215     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.051458     Document Type: Article

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