Bacterial surface motility: Slime trails, grappling hooks and nozzles

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Merz, Alexey J ^a   Forest, Katrina T ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

FIMBRIA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FIMBRIA; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0037117802     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00806-0     Document Type: Review

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