Living cell study at the single-molecule and single-cell levels by atomic force microscopy

Nanomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1625-1637

  Shi, Xiaoli ^a   Zhang, Xuejie ^a   Xia, Tie ^a   Fang, Xiaohong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; drug; imaging; mechanical properties; nanobiology; nanomanipulation; nanomedicine; single molecule force spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; MAMMAL CELL; NANOANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL ADHESION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84869431969     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.12.130     Document Type: Review

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