Roughness of the plasma membrane as an independent morphological parameter to study RBCs: A quantitative atomic force microscopy investigation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1768, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1268-1276

  Girasole, M ^a   Pompeo, G ^a   Cricenti, A ^a   Congiu Castellano, A ^b   Andreola, F ^c   Serafino, A ^c   Frazer, B H ^d   Boumis, G ^e   Amiconi, G ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Membrane skeleton structure; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ASSAY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE FUNCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34047244540     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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