Visualizing and manipulating individual protein molecules

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Kellermayer, Miklós S Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Fluorescence; Mechanoenzymes; Probe calibration; Single molecule imaging; Single molecule manipulation; Tracking

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; PROTEINS;

INDIVIDUAL PROTEINS; MECHANOENZYME; PROBE CALIBRATION; PROTEIN MOLECULES; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE MOLECULE MANIPULATION; SINGLE-MOLECULE IMAGING; SINGLE-MOLECULE IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SINGLE-MOLECULE METHODS; TRACKING;

DIFFRACTION;

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; ELASTICITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROPIPETTE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20144385732     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/4/R02     Document Type: Review

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