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

Autor: Bernt Eric Uhlin, Stina Lindberg, Sarah Ehlers, Mickaël Castelain, Jeanna Klinth, Magnus Andersson, Ove Axner

Publikováno v: European Biophysics Journal
European Biophysics Journal, Springer Verlag (Germany), 2011, 40 (3), pp.305-316. ⟨10.1007/s00249-010-0648-1⟩

International audience; Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) express various kinds of organelles, so-called pili or fimbriae, that mediate adhesion to host tissue in the urinary tract through specific receptor-adhesin interactions. The biomechanical

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