Atomic force microscopy in studies of the cochlea

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 493, Issue , 2009, Pages 401-413

  Murakoshi, Michio ^a   Wada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Chinese hamster ovary cell; Fluorescence microscopy; Plasma membrane isolation; Prestin; Sonication; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84934436367     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-523-7_24     Document Type: Article

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