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Stretching fibronectin fibres disrupts binding of bacterial adhesins by physically destroying an epitope

Although soluble inhibitors are frequently used to block cell binding to the extracellular matrix (ECM), mechanical stretching of a protein fibre alone can physically destroy a cell-binding site. Here, we show using binding assays and steered molecular dynamics that mechanical tension along fibronec...

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Autores principales: Chabria, Mamta, Hertig, Samuel, Smith, Michael L., Vogel, Viola
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3105298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1135