At the cutting edge: Applications and perspectives of laser nanosurgery in cell biology

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 393, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 235-248

  Ronchi, Paolo ^a   Terjung, Stefan ^a   Pepperkok, Rainer ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Laser nanosurgery; Micropatterning; Organelle ablation; Subcellular dissection

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DISSECTION; ENERGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER NANOSURGERY; LASER OPERATION MODE; LASER SURGERY; LASER WAVELENGTH; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NANOSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; YAG LASER;

ANIMALS; CELL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSURGERY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

DANIO RERIO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84859828769     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2011-0237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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