Biophysical reviews top five: atomic force microscopy in biophysics

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Ando T, Uchihashi T, Scheuring S (2014) Filming biomolecular processes by high-speed atomic force microscopy. Chem Rev 114:3120–3188. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr4003837

Bell GI (1978) Models of the specific adhesion of cells to cells. Science 200:618–627. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.347575

Bezanilla M, Drake B, Nudler E, Kashlev M, Hansma PK, Hansma HG (1994) Motion and enzymatic degradation of DNA in the atomic force microscope. Biophys J 67:2454–2459. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3495(94)80733-7

Binnig G (1992) Force microscopy. Ultramicroscopy 42–44:7–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3991(92)90240-K

Binnig G, Quate CF, Gerber C (1986) Atomic force microscope. Phys Rev Lett 56:930–933. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.930

Binnig G, Gerber C, Stoll E, Albrecht TR, Quate CF (1987) Atomic resolution with atomic force microscope. Surf Sci 189–190:1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-6028(87)80407-7

Butt H-J, Siedle P, Seifert K, Fendler K, Seeger T, Bamberg E, Weisenhorn AL, Goldie K, Engel A (1993) Scan speed limit in atomic force microscopy. J Microsc 169:75–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1993.tb03280.x

Chtcheglova LA, Hinterdorfer P (2018) Simultaneous AFM topography and recognition imaging at the plasma membrane of mammalian cells. Semin Cell Dev Biol 73:45–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.08.025

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Dufrêne YF, Ando T, Garcia R, Alsteens D, Martinez-Martin D, Engel A, Gerber C, Müller DJ (2017) Imaging modes of atomic force microscopy for application of molecular and cell biology. Nat Nanotechnol 12:295–307. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2017.45

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Florin EL, Moy VT, Gaub HE (1994) Adhesion forces between individual ligand-receptor pairs. Science 264:415–417. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.8153628

Guthold M, Bezanilla M, Erie DA, Jenkins B, Hansma HG, Bustamante C (1994) Following the assembly of RNA polymerase - DNA complexes in aqueous solutions with the scanning force microscope. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91:12927–12931. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.26.12927

Guthold M, Zhu X, Rivetti C, Yang G, Thomson NH, Kasas S, Hansma HG, Smith B, Hansma PK, Bustamante C (1999) Direct observation of one-dimensional diffusion and transcription by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Biophys J 77:2284–2294. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77067-0

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Hinterdorfer P, Baumgartner W, Gruber HJ, Schilcher K, Schindler H (1996) Detection and localization of individual antibody-antigen recognition events by atomic force microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 93:3477–3481. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.8.3477

Kasas S, Thomson NH, Smith BL, Hansma HG, Zhu X, Guthold M, Bustamante C, Kool ET, Kashlev M, Hansma PK (1997) Escherichia coli RNA polymerase activity observed using atomic force microscopy. Biochemistry 36:461–468. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi9624402

Krieg M, Fläschner G, Alsteens D, Gaub BM, Roos WH, Wuite GJL, Gaub HE, Gerber C, Dufrêne YF, Müller DJ (2019) Atomic force microscopy-based mechanobiology. Nat Rev Phys 1:41–57. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-018-0001-7

Marti O, Drake B, Hansma PK (1987) Atomic force microscopy of liquid-covered surfaces: Atomic resolution images. Appl Phys Lett 51:484–486. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.98374

Meyer G, Amer NM (1988) Novel optical approach to atomic force microscopy. Appl Phys Lett 53:1045–1947. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100061

Müller DJ, Dufrêne YF (2008) Atomic force microscopy as a multifunctional molecular toolbox in nanobiotechnology. Nat Nanotechnol 3:261–269. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814287005_0028

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Puchner EM, Gaub HE (2009) Force and function: probing proteins with AFM-based force spectroscopy. Curr Opin Struct Biol 19:605–614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2009.09.005

Rico F, Gonzalez L, Casuso I, Puig-Vidal M, Scheuring S (2013) High-speed force spectroscopy unfolds titin at the velocity of molecular dynamics simulations. Science 342:741–743. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1239764

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Stroh C, Wang H, Bash R, Ashcroft B, Nelson J, Gruber H, Lohr D, Lindsay SM, Hinterdorfer P (2004) Single-molecule recognition imaging microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:12503–12507. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0403538101

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Vianni MB, Pietrasanta LI, Thompson JB, Chand A, Gebeshuber IC, Kindt JH, Richter M, Hansma HG, Hansma PK (2000) Probing protein-proein interactions in real time. Nat Struct Biol 7:644–647. https://doi.org/10.1038/77936

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Yuan C, Chen A, Kolb P, Moy VT (2000) Energy landscape of streptavidin-biotin complexes measured by atomic force microscopy. Biochemistry 39:10219–10223. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi992715o

Zhong Q, Inniss D, Kjoller K, Elings VB (1993) Fractured polymer/scilica fiber surfaces studied by tapping mode atomic force microscopy. Surf Sci Lett 290:L688–L692. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2584(93)90906-Y

Zhu R, Howorka S, Pröll J, Kienberger F, Preiner J, Hesse J, Ebner A, Pastushenko VP, Gruber HJ, Hinterdorfer P (2010) Nanomechanical recognition measurements of individual DNA molecules reveal epigenetic methylation patterns. Nat Nanotechnol 5:788–791. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.212