Study of the Mechanical Properties of Other Macromolecules with Optical Tweezers

The following sections are included:

• Stretching and Relaxation of the Giant Molecule Titin

• Cell Motility of Adherent Cells over an Extra-Cellular Matrix

• Study of Forces that Regulate the Movement of Plasma Membrane Proteins

• Membrane Tube Formation from Giant Vesicles by Dynamic Association of Motor Proteins