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Visualization of Recombinant DNA and Protein Complexes Using Atomic Force Microscopy
Published on: July 18, 2011
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Genady Zhavnerko1, Nikolai Nikolaevich Poleschuyk2
1Institute for Chemistry of New Materials, Belarus National Academy of Sciences, F. Skoriny 36, 220141 Minsk, Belarus; The Republican Research and Practical Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Filimonova 23, Minsk, Belarus.
International Journal of Mycobacteriology
|January 21, 2016
Abstract:
Immobilization of bacterial cells onto surfaces is critical for imaging with an atomic force microscope. In this paper, polyethylenimine (PEI) coated silicon plates are shown to be suitable for immobilizing and imaging Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

