Uncovering the mechanism of trapping and cell orientation during Neisseria gonorrhoeae twitching motility

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1523-1531

  Zaburdaev, Vasily ^a   Biais, Nicolas ^b,c   Schmiedeberg, Michael ^d   Eriksson, Jens ^e   Jonsson, Ann Beth ^f   Sheetz, Michael P ^b   Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; FIMBRIA; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROBABILITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84908178785     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.061     Document Type: Article

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