1997
Life on biomembranes viewed with the atomic force microscope.
Oberleithner H, Geibel J, Guggino W, Henderson R, Hunter M, Schneider S, Schwab A, Wang W. Life on biomembranes viewed with the atomic force microscope. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 1997, 109: 419-23. PMID: 9261980.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtomic force microscopeForce microscopeNear-field microscopePlasma membrane turnoverSoft biological surfacesPore complexRenal epithelial cellsAtomic resolutionNuclear poresXenopus laevis oocytesNuclear envelopeAFM techniquesExperimental biologistsLaevis oocytesMembrane turnoverKidney cellsEpithelial cellsMicroscopePotassium channelsBirthday candlesBiological surfacesCellsBiomembranesMolecular structureRecent dataSurface dynamics in living acinar cells imaged by atomic force microscopy: Identification of plasma membrane structures involved in exocytosis
Schneider S, Sritharan K, Geibel J, Oberleithner H, Jena B. Surface dynamics in living acinar cells imaged by atomic force microscopy: Identification of plasma membrane structures involved in exocytosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 316-321. PMID: 8990206, PMCID: PMC19328, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.1.316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtomic force microscopePlasma membrane structureForce microscopeLive acinar cellsSecretory vesicle dockingPlasma membrane dynamicsAtomic force microscopyAcinar cellsMembrane structureVesicle dockingCompensatory endocytosisExocytic processForce microscopyFreeze-fracture electron microscopyMembrane dynamicsPlasma membraneFusion poreUltrahigh resolutionIsolated pancreatic acinar cellsPancreatic acinar cellsSurface dynamicsBasolateral regionStimulation of secretionLimited resolutionElectron microscopy
1995
Visualizing life on biomembranes by atomic force microscopy
Oberleithner H, Brinckmann E, Giebisch G, Geibel J. Visualizing life on biomembranes by atomic force microscopy. Kidney International 1995, 48: 923-929. PMID: 8569101, DOI: 10.1038/ki.1995.373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtomic force microscopeNear-field microscopeSoft biological samplesAtomic force microscopyPlasma membrane turnoverForce microscopeForce microscopyPore complexRenal epithelial cellsAtomic resolutionNuclear envelopeAFM techniquesExperimental biologistsMembrane turnoverMolecular structureKidney cellsEpithelial cellsBiological samplesMicroscopeCellsBiomembranesRepresentative examplesRecent dataBiologistsMicroscopy