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Science 15 April 1994:
Vol. 264. no. 5157, pp. 415 - 417
DOI: 10.1126/science.8153628

Articles

Science, Vol 264, Issue 5157, 415-417
Copyright © 1994 by American Association for the Advancement of Science


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Adhesion forces between individual ligand-receptor pairs

EL Florin, VT Moy, and HE Gaub

Physikdepartment der Technischen Universitat Munchen, Garching, Germany.

The adhesion force between the tip of an atomic force microscope cantilever derivatized with avidin and agarose beads functionalized with biotin, desthiobiotin, or iminobiotin was measured. Under conditions that allowed only a limited number of molecular pairs to interact, the force required to separate tip and bead was found to be quantized in integer multiples of 160 +/- 20 piconewtons for biotin and 85 +/- 15 piconewtons for iminobiotin. The measured force quanta are interpreted as the unbinding forces of individual molecular pairs.


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