Cooperative Retraction of Bundled Type IV Pili Enables Nanonewton Force Generation

The causative agent of gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, bears retractable filamentous appendages called type IV pili (Tfp). Tfp are used by many pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria to carry out a number of vital functions, including DNA uptake, twitching motility (crawling over surfaces), and att...

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Autores principales: Biais, Nicolas, Ladoux, Benoît, Higashi, Dustin, So, Magdalene, Sheetz, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18416602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060087

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18416602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060087

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