Physical attachment of fluorescent protein particles to atomic force microscopy probes in aqueous media: Implications for surface pH, fluorescence, and mechanical properties studies

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 746-751

  Moreno Flores, Susana ^a   Georgieva, Radostina ^b   Xiong, Yu ^b   Melzak, Kathryn ^a   Bäumler, Hans ^b   Toca Herrera, José Luis ^a  

^a CIC BIOMAGUNE   (Spain)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Colloid attachment; Fluorescence intensity; Protein particles; Surface pH

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NANOCANTILEVERS; PROTEINS; UNLOADING;

AQUEOUS MEDIA; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; COLLOID ATTACHMENT; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENT PARTICLE; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LABELLED PROTEIN; PARTICLE CONTACTS; PROTEIN PARTICLES; SURFACE PH;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

PHORA;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MECHANICS; PH; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77956134218     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20816     Document Type: Article

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