University of Arizona scientist shares in discovery of microbe filame...(retracting pili. They allow bacteria to ...)

Date:4/18/2008

retracting pili. They allow bacteria to sit on a dense brushwork of tiny elastic pillars. The pili attach to these pillars. When pili retract, they bend the pillars. By measuring how the pillars bend, the investigators calculate the retraction forces.

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Contact: Deborah Daun ddaun@email.arizona.edu 520-626-2059 University of Arizona Source:Eurekalert

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