Filming Biomolecular Processes by High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy
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Microscopy Toshio Ando,*,†,‡,§ Takayuki Uchihashi,†,‡,§ and Simon Scheuring †Department of Physics, and ‡Bio-AFM Frontier Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan U1006 INSERM/Aix-Marseille Universite,́ Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy Bat̂iment Inserm TPR2 bloc 5, 163 avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
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