Techniques for imaging human metaphase chromosomes in liquid conditions by atomic force microscopy

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 38, 2008, Pages

  Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a   Shigeno, Masatsugu ^b   Hoshi, Osamu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SII NANOTECHNOLOGY INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CHROMOSOMES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DYNAMIC MODES; METAPHASE CHROMOSOMES;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

BUFFER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE QUALITY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 51349137886     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/38/384022     Document Type: Article

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