Bacterial motility: How do pili pull?

被引：87

作者：

Kaiser, D ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Biochem, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Dev Biol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2000年 / 10卷 / 21期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00764-8

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Forceful retraction of a bacterial pilus has been directly observed for the first time. As retraction clarifies the basic mechanochemistry of single cell twitching and gliding movements, so cell-to-cell signalling by contact clarifies the coordination of multicellular gliding movements.

引用

页码：R777 / R780

页数：4

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