Impairment of the biomechanical compliance of P pili: A novel means of inhibiting uropathogenic bacterial infections?

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-295

  Klinth, Jeanna E ^a   Pinkner, Jerome S ^b   Hultgren, Scott J ^b   Almqvist, Fredrik ^a   Uhlin, Bernt Eric ^a   Axner, Ove ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Bacterial adhesion; Force measuring optical tweezers; Pili recoiling; Single organelle

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FIMBRIA; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOMECHANICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84857368797     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-011-0784-2     Document Type: Article

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