ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021
Competitive binding of independent extension and retraction motors explains the quantitative dynamics of type IV pili.
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Abstract
Type IV pili (TFP) function through cycles of extension and retraction. The coordination of these cycles remains mysterious due to a lack of quantitative measurements of multiple features of TFP dynamics. Here, we fluorescently label TFP in the pathogen
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