Techniques to measure pilus retraction forces

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 799, Issue , 2012, Pages 197-216

  Biais, Nicolas ^a   Higashi, Dustin ^b   So, Magdalene ^b   Ladoux, Benoit ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Neisseria; Optical tweezer; PoMPs; Retraction force; Type IV pilus

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FIMBRIA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEISSERIA; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BIOMECHANICS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; NEISSERIA; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 80555156133     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-346-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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