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Bacterial motility: how do pili pull?

Current biology : CB - 2 Nov 2000

Kaiser D

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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.

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PMID: 11084348
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00764-8

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