Nanomechanical analysis of pigmented human melanoma cells

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 727-730

  Sarna, Michal ^a   Zadlo, Andrzej ^b   Pilat, Anna ^b   Olchawa, Magdalena ^b   Gkogkolou, Paraskevi ^c   Burda, Kvetoslava ^a   Böhm, Markus ^c   Sarna, Tadeusz ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Melanin; Nanodiagnosis; Nanomechanical analysis; Pigmented melanoma

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; NANOMEDICINE; PIGMENTATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MELANIN; NANODIAGNOSIS; NANOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; PIGMENTED MELANOMA;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOMA; NANOPARTICLES; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84882827681     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12113     Document Type: Article

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