Atomic force microscopy imaging of Xenopus laevis oocyte plasma membrane purified by ultracentrifugation

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 397-402

  Santacroce, Massimo ^a   Orsini, Francesco ^a   Mari, Stefania Anna ^a   Marinone, Massimo ^a   Lenardi, Cristina ^a   Bettè, Sara ^a   Sacchi, Vellea Franca ^a   Poletti, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFM; Membrane proteins; Plasma membrane; Xenopus laevis oocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CENTRIFUGATION; MICA; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION;

ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; LATERAL DIMENSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY IMAGES; MICROSCOPY IMAGING; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; SUCROSE GRADIENTS; TOPOGRAPHY IMAGES; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS OOCYTES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCROSE GRADIENT; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 44949102164     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20559     Document Type: Article

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