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. 2014 Feb 20;10(2):e1003475. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003475

Figure 5. Peptidoglycan under strain.

Figure 5

Shown in all panels is the avg17 cell-wall patch. The black bars in A–D are all 10 nm in length. (A,B) Top view with (A) Inline graphic and (B) Inline graphic. (C) Axial view (glycan strands oriented in the plane of the page). (D) Circumferential view (glycan strains pointing into the page). (E) Normalized mass density for Inline graphic (black), Inline graphic (red), and Inline graphic (green). Thickness was taken as the width at 10% of the maximum for each curve separately. A movie of stretching for Inline graphic = 0.20 is also provided (Movie S3).