Figure 3.

Mechanical properties of the core. (A) Images showing the evolution Ad5-wt and Ad5-VII– particles during multiple indentation assays. Images are colored by height, as indicated by the color bar at the right hand side. FICs can be found in Supplementary Figure S1. (B) FIC curves corresponding to the first indentation performed on the core of 8 Ad5-wt (red) and 12 Ad5-VII– (blue) particles. (C) Evolution of the core (as indicated by the minimum height in the crater, grey crosses) for eight Ad5-VII– and six Ad5-wt particles. Insets: Examples of topographical profiles obtained through the crater opened by the indentation.