Dynamics of type IV Pili Is controlled by switching between multiple states

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1169-1177

  Clausen, Martin ^a   Koomey, Michael ^b   Maier, Berenike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN PILT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FORCE; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; VELOCITY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FIMBRIA; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PROBABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BIOMECHANICS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROBABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61549113810     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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