Interference reflection microscopy of adhesion of Amoeba proteus
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Published on: June 12, 2014
Journal of Microscopy
|March 1, 1978
Abstract:
A simple method of observing the adhesive behaviour of large cells by means of interference reflection microscope is described, and some observations of monopodial Amoeba proteus are presented. Amoebae may contact with the substratum at any point along the long axis of the cells. Points of contact are usually few, small and temporary. Frequently the cell surface within the contact points oscillates, changing the separation distance from the substratum.

