Force probing of individual molecules inside the living cell is now a reality

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 879-886

  Oddershede, Lene B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 84867657357     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1082     Document Type: Review

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