Atomic force microscopic studies on erythrocytes from an evolutionary perspective

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 671-675

  Bhattacharyya, Rajal ^a   Guha, Tapan ^a   Bhar, Radhaballav ^b   Ganesan, V ^c   Khan, Manoranjan ^b   Brahmachary, Ratan Lal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AFM; Erythrocytes; Evolution; LFM; Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL SURFACE; CHICKEN; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEPRESSION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FISH; FOWL; FRICTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL FORCE MICROSCOPY; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PISCICULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REPTILE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HETEROPNEUSTES; PISCES; REPTILIA;

EID: 3042771800     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20057     Document Type: Article

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