Speed switching of gonococcal surface motility correlates with proton motive force.

Speed switching of gonococcal surface motility correlates with proton motive force.

Bacterial type IV pili are essential for adhesion to surfaces, motility, microcolony formation, and horizontal gene transfer in many bacterial species. These polymers are strong molecular motors that can retract at two different speeds. In the human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae speed switching of...

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Main Authors: Rainer Kurre, Nadzeya Kouzel, Kanimozhi Ramakrishnan, Enno R Oldewurtel, Berenike Maier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3691265?pdf=render

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