Probing nanomechanical properties from biomolecules to living cells

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 456, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-27

  Kasas, S ^a,b   Dietler, G ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AFM; Biology; Cell; Mechanical properties; Nanomechanics

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DIATOM; EUKARYOTE; FORCE; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULE; NANOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR FLOW; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 43149123550     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-008-0448-y     Document Type: Review

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