2 papers
q-bio.SC2004
Nanosurgery: Observation of Peptidoglycan Strands in Lactobacillus helveticus Cell Walls
Max Firtel, Grant Henderson, Igor Sokolov
The internal cell wall structure of the bacterium Lactobacillus helveticus has been observed in situ in aqueous solution using an atomic force microscope (AFM). The AFM tip was use…
physics.bio-ph2004
Visualization of Cytoskeletal Elements by the Atomic Force Microscope
T. Berdyyeva, C. D. Woodworth, I. Sokolov
We describe a novel application of atomic force microscopy (AFM) to directly visualize cytoskeletal fibers in human foreskin epithelial cells. The nonionic detergent Triton X-100 i…