Figure 8

Retraction force curve and analysis of the rupture events during homotypic interactions of E. coli cells expressing different Ag43 variants. (A) Retraction force curves. (B) Rupture events measured per force curve. (C) Distribution of adhesion force measured between two E. coli cells expressing different Ag43 as function of the contour length for each force-distance curves. Analyses were performed using SRUD expressing the Ag43 from the different classes, namely Ag43^C1-PT (C1), Ag43^C2-PT (C2), Ag43^C3-PT (C3) or Ag43^C4-PT (C4).