Single-molecule force spectroscopy of microbial cell envelope proteins
(2011) Life at the nanoscale : Atomic Force Microscopy of Live Cells — ISBN: [978-9-8142-6796-0], ch, published
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- Most microbes possess a well-deined cell envelope, consisting of a plasma membrane and of a cell wall, that presumably evolved in the course of evolution by selection in response to environmental and ecological pressures.1 Because the envelope represents the boundary between the external environment and the cell, it plays several important roles, including determining cellular shape, growth and division, enabling the organisms to resist turgor pressure, acting as molecular sieves, interacting with drugs and mediating molecular recognition and cellular interactions.
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Verbelen, C., Dupres, V., Alsteens, D., Andre, G., & Dufrêne, Y. (2011). Single-molecule force spectroscopy of microbial cell envelope proteins. In Dufrêne, Yves (ed.), Life at the nanoscale : Atomic Force Microscopy of Live Cells (p. ch). PAN Stanford. https://doi.org/10.4032/9789814267977