The applications of atomic force microscopy to vision science

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6083-6094

  Last, Julie A ^a   Russell, Paul ^b   Nealey, Paul F ^a   Murphy, Christopher J ^b,c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; RECOVERIN; RHODOPSIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOASSAY; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL FUNCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LENS; LIGAND BINDING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; REVIEW; VISION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EYE; EYE DISEASES; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955956982     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5470     Document Type: Review

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