Optical trapping reveals propulsion forces, power generation and motility efficiency of the unicellular parasites Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Stellamanns, Eric ^a,d   Uppaluri, Sravanti ^a,e   Hochstetter, Axel ^b   Heddergott, Niko ^c   Engstler, Markus ^c   Pfohl, Thomas ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d DESY   (Germany)

^e Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CELL MOTION; CELL TRACKING; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

CELL MOVEMENT; CELL TRACKING; FLAGELLA; HUMANS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84923238788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06515     Document Type: Article

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