New frontiers in atomic force microscopy: analyzing interactions from single-molecules to cells

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-13

  Müller, Daniel J ^a   Krieg, Michael ^a   Alsteens, David ^b   Dufrêne, Yves F ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPIES; BIOTECH RESEARCHES; CELL ADHESION PROCESS; CELL FORCES; CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS; CELLULAR INTERACTIONS; FORCE SPECTROSCOPIES; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; LIFE SCIENCE; MOLECULAR BASIS; NANO-SCALE IMAGING; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE-MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPIES; SINGLE-MOLECULES; WHOLE CELLS;

ADHESION; ATOMS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; MOLECULES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL FORCE MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CELL ADHESION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 65449173267     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2009.02.005     Document Type: Review

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