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SUBMITTER: Costa L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4084948 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Costa Luca L Rodrigues Mario S MS Benseny-Cases Núria N Mayeux Véronique V Chevrier Joël J Comin Fabio F
PloS one 20140707 7
We studied nanoscale mechanical properties of PC12 living cells with a Force Feedback Microscope using two experimental approaches. The first one consists in measuring the local mechanical impedance of the cell membrane while simultaneously mapping the cell morphology at constant force. As the interaction force is increased, we observe the appearance of the sub-membrane cytoskeleton. We compare our findings with the outcome of other techniques. The second experimental approach consists in a spec ...[more]