Force Microscopy: Applications in Biology and Medicine

Contributors.

Chapter 1. Porosome: The Universal Secretory Machinery in Cells (Bhanu P. Jena).

Chapter 2. Molecular Mechanism of SNARE-Induced Membrane Fusion (Bhanu P. Jena).

Chapter 3. Molecular Mechanism of Secretory Vesicle Content Expulsion During Cell Secretion (Bhanu P. Jena).

Chapter 4. Fusion Pores in Growth-Hormone-Secreting Cells of the Pituitary Gland: An AFM Study (Lloyd L. Anderson and Bhanu P. Jena).

Chapter 5. Properties of Microbial Cell Surfaces Examined by Atomic Force Microscopy (Yves F. Dufre&ncirc;e).

Chapter 6. Scanning Probe Microscopy of Plant Cell Wall and Its Constituents (Ksenija Radotić, Miodrag Mićić, and Milorad Jeremić).

Chapter 7. Cellular Interactions of Nano Drug Delivery Systems (Rangaramanujam M. Kannan, Omathanu Pillai Perumal, and Sujatha Kannan).

Chapter 8. Adapting AFM Techniques for Studies on Living Cells (J. K. Heinrich Hörber)

Chapter 9. Intermolecular Forces of Leukocyte Adhesion Molecules (Xiaohui Zhang and Vincent T. Moy).

Chapter 10. Mechanisms of Avidity Modulation in Leukocyte Adhesion Studied by AFM (Ewa P. Wojcikiewicz and Vincent T. Moy).

Chapter 11. Resolving the Thickness and Micromechanical Properties of Lipid Bilayers and Vesicles Using AFM (Guangzhao Mao and Xuemei Liang).

Chapter 12. Imaging Soft Surfaces by SFM (Andreas Janke and Tilo Pompe).

Chapter 13. High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy of Biomolecules in Motion (Tilman E. Schäffer).

Chapter 14. Atomic Force Microscopy in Cytogenetics (S. Thalhammer and W. M. Heckl).

Chapter 15. Atomic Force Microscopy in the Study of Macromolecular Interactions in Hemostasis and Thrombosis: Utility for Investigation of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome (William J. Montigny, Anthony S. Quinn, Xiao-Xuan Wu, Edwin G. Bovill, Jacob H. Rand, and Douglas J. Taatjes).

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