Mechanisms of cell-cell adhesion identified by immunofluorescent labelling with quantum dots: A scanning near-field optical microscopy approach

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1200-1205

  Walker, K A D ^a   Doak, S H ^b   Dunstan, P R ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell membranes; E cadherin; Filopodia; Near field; Preparation; Prostate; Semiconductor quantum dots; SNOM

Indexed keywords

E-CADHERINS; FILOPODIA; NEAR-FIELD; PREPARATION; PROSTATE;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

QUANTUM DOT; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILOPODIUM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LAMELLIPODIUM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTABILITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PSEUDOPODIA; QUANTUM DOTS;

ALEXA;

EID: 79960591403     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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