title: Imaging human erythrocyte spectrin with atomic force microscopy.
abstract: Isolated spectrin covalently attached to a surface in a liquid environment as well as dried on mica has been studied with a contact-mode atomic force microscope. Both pyramidal and conical-type cantilever tip facets were used in the AFM. Our images show structures and give dimensions that correlate well with previous structural studies using transmission electron microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Almqvist
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Backman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fredriksson
mesh_terms: D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D016252:Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling / Q000379:methods*; D013049:Spectrin / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D013049:Spectrin