Force measuring optical tweezers system for long time measurements of P pili stability

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6088, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Andersson, Magnus ^a   Fällman, Erik ^a   Uhlin, Bernt Eric ^a   Axner, Ove ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial fimbriae; E. coli; Force measuring optical tweezers; Macromolecules; P pili; PapA; Unfolding and refolding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIFE CYCLE; STABILITY; STRAIN;

BACTERIAL FIMBRIAE; FORCE MEASURING OPTICAL TWEEZERS; P PILI; PAPA; UNFOLDING AND REFOLDING;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33646201092     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.642266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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