Bacterial motility: how do pili pull?

Current biology : CB ·Vol. 10 ·No. 21 ·2000-11-02 ·Pages R777-80

Kaiser D

Abstract

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.

MeSH Terms

Bacterial Physiological Phenomena Cell Membrane/metabolism Fimbriae, Bacterial/chemistry,metabolism Models, Biological Movement Phenotype

Authors & Affiliations

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Kaiser D

Departments of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5329, USA.

Article Info

Journal

Current biology : CB

Abbr.

Curr Biol

ISSN

0960-9822

DOI

10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00764-8

Published

2000-11-02

Pages

R777-80

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

9107782

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00764-8 View journal details

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