Fluctuation analysis of Caulobacter crescentus adhesion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2206-2212

  Alipour Assiabi, Elnaz ^a   Li, Guanglai ^a   Powers, Thomas R ^b   Tang, Jay X ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; RIGIDITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SURFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33646016324     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.064592     Document Type: Article

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