Assessing the structure and function of single biomolecules with scanning transmission electron and atomic force microscopes

Micron

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-195

  Müller, Shirley A ^a   Müller, Daniel J ^b   Engel, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Force spectroscopy; High resolution imaging; Intermolecular interactions; Mass mapping; Scanning transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MASS-MAPPING; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; IONIC STRENGTH; MACROMOLECULES; MICROSCOPES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROBES; SCANNING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78649857304     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.10.002     Document Type: Review

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