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Measuring the Bending Stiffness of Bacterial Cells Using an Optical Trap
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We present a protocol for bending filamentous bacterial cells attached to a cover-slip surface with an optical trap to measure the cellular bending stiffness.
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Wang, S., Arellano-Santoyo, H., Combs, P. A., Shaevitz, J. W. Measuring the Bending Stiffness of Bacterial Cells Using an Optical Trap. J. Vis. Exp. (38), e2012, doi:10.3791/2012 (2010).
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