Structural information, resolution, and noise in high-resolution atomic force microscopy topographs

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3822-3831

  Fechner, Peter ^a   Boudier, Thomas ^d   Mangenot, Stéphanie ^a,c   Jaroslawski, Szymon ^a   Sturgis, James N ^b   Scheuring, Simon ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOLECULE; NOISE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AQPZ PROTEIN, E COLI; AQUAPORIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

AQUAPORINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 67650359926     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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