Fast uncoiling kinetics of F1C pili expressed by uropathogenic Escherichia coli are revealed on a single pilus level using force-measuring optical tweezers

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-316

  Castelain, Mickaël ^a,b   Ehlers, Sarah ^a   Klinth, Jeanna ^a   Lindberg, Stina ^a   Andersson, Magnus ^a   Uhlin, Bernt Eric ^a   Axner, Ove ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Bond kinetics; Dynamic force spectroscopy; Pili relaxation; Uncoiling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FIMBRIA; KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOMECHANICS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79958703496     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-010-0648-1     Document Type: Article

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