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Observation of Bacterial Type I Pili Extension and Contraction under Fluid Flow
Type I pili are proteinaceous tethers that mediate bacterial adhesion of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to surfaces and are thought to help bacteria resist drag forces imparted by fluid flow via uncoiling of their quaternary structure. Uncoiling and recoiling have been observed in force spectroscopy...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23799025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065563 |