Use of an optical trap for study of host-pathogen interactions for dynamic live cell imaging

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 53, 2011, Pages

  Tam, Jenny M ^a   Castro, Carlos E ^b   Heath, Robert J W ^a   Mansour, Michael K ^a   Cardenas, Michael L ^a   Xavier, Ramnik J ^a   Lang, Matthew J ^c   Vyas, Jatin M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Candida albicans; Fungi; Immunology; Issue 53; Live cell imaging; Optical trapping; Optical tweezers; Pathogen; Spinning disk confocal microscopy; T cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355132684     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3123     Document Type: Article

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