Atomic force microscopy: A nanoscopic window on the cell surface

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 461-469

  Müller, Daniel J ^a   Dufrêne, Yves F ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 79960924956     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2011.04.008     Document Type: Review

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