Stretching polysaccharides on live cells using single molecule force spectroscopy

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 939-946

  Francius, Grégory ^a   Alsteens, David ^a   Dupres, Vincent ^a   Lebeer, Sarah ^b   De Keersmaecker, Sigrid ^b   Vanderleyden, Jos ^b   Gruber, Hermann J ^c   Dufrêne, Yves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; LECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELASTICITY; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LECTINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 66749148864     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.65     Document Type: Article

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