Use of the unroofing technique for atomic force microscopic imaging of the intra-cellular cytoskeleton under aqueous conditions

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 321-326

  Usukura, Jiro ^a   Yoshimura, Azumi ^b   Minakata, Shiho ^a   Youn, Daehwan ^c   Ahn, Jeonghun ^c   Cho, Sang Joon ^c,d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Park Systems Inc   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

actin; atomic force; cytoskeleton; electron microscopy; freeze etching; unroofing

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; WATER;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE ETCHING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAT; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FREEZE ETCHING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ETCHING; PROTEINS;

ACTIN; ACTIN FILAMENT; AQUEOUS CONDITION; ATOMIC FORCE; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; CELLULARS; CYTOSKELETONS; FREEZE-ETCHING; MICROSCOPIC IMAGING; UNROOFING;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 84867552055     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfs055     Document Type: Article

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