Direct probing by atomic force microscopy of the cell surface softness of a fibrillated and nonfibrillated oral streptococcal strain

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2668-2674

  Van Der Mei, Henny C ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a   Bos, Rolf ^a   De Vries, Joop ^a   Boonaert, Christophe J P ^b   Dufrêne, Yves F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL SURFACE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 0034022186     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76810-X     Document Type: Article

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