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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Biol. 2009 Jun 4;19(13):1096–1101. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.031

Figure 1. Microfabricated chambers as single-cell force sensors for studying the mechanical properties of fission yeast cell.

Figure 1

A) Parameters of a fission yeast cell. The cell wall layer has an elastic modulus, Ecw, and a thickness h. The turgor pressure inside the cell is P. The rod-shaped cell has a radius R and a length L. B) Schematic showing how yeast cells are placed into the PDMS chambers. C) Top-view image of several chambers with cells inside. Bar=10μm.