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Pseudomonas aeruginosa distinguishes surfaces by stiffness using retraction of type IV pili

The ability of eukaryotic cells to differentiate surface stiffness is fundamental for many processes like stem cell development. Bacteria were previously known to sense the presence of surfaces, but the extent to which they could differentiate stiffnesses remained unclear. Here we establish that the...

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Autores principales: Koch, Matthias D., Black, Matthew E., Han, Endao, Shaevitz, Joshua W., Gitai, Zemer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9171759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35561220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119434119