Atomic force microscopy - Looking at mechanosensors on the cell surface

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4189-4195

  Heinisch, Jürgen J ^a   Lipke, Peter N ^b   Beaussart, Audrey ^c   Chatel, Sofiane El Kirat ^c   Dupres, Vincent ^c   Alsteens, David ^c   Dufrêne, Yves F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AFM; Atomic force microscopy; Cell adhesion; Cell imaging; Cell surface; Mechanosensing; Microscopy; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; INTEGRIN; MICROBIAL ENZYME; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROTEOGLYCAN; SELECTIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGING; MECHANOSENSOR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 84872176507     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.106005     Document Type: Note

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