Surface 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