Three powerful research tools from single cells into single molecules: AFM, laser tweezers, and raman spectroscopy

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 485-496

  Wu, Yongkuan ^a   Liu, Kun ^a   Song, Kedong ^a   Pan, Shi ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Laser tweezers; Raman spectroscopy; Single cells; Single molecules

Indexed keywords

AFM; COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; LASER TWEEZERS; RESEARCH TOOLS; SINGLE CELLS; SINGLE MOLECULE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

RESEARCH;

BIOCERAMICS; DEOXYADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; DEOXYGUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PLASMID DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL FORCE MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OSMOLALITY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION; VISCOELASTICITY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR PROBES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 81455135468     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-011-9267-2     Document Type: Article

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