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Abstract
Forceful retraction of a bacterial pilus has been directly observed for the first time. As retraction clarifies the basic mechanochemistry of single cell twitching and gliding movements, so cell-to-cell signalling by contact clarifies the coordination of multicellular gliding movements.Mesh:
Year: 2000 PMID: 11084348 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00764-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834