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(A) Biomembrane force probe. The upper panel shows the aspirated RBC with the attached bead and the probe bead held by the second micropipette. The probe bead is brought in and out of contact with the bead on the RBC. The lower panel is a cartoon of the bound cadherins at the bead-bead junction. (B–D) Representative force versus time profiles obtained with the steady-ramp (B), jump/ramp (C), and constant force (D) modes of the BFP.
