Intermittent Pili-Mediated Forces Fluidize Neisseria meningitidis Aggregates Promoting Vascular Colonization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.04.010
Abstract: Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium responsible for meningitis and septicemia, proliferates and eventually fills the lumen of blood capillaries with multicellular aggregates. The impact of this aggregation process and its specific properties are unknown. We first… read more here.
Keywords: intermittent; intermittent pili; colonization; mediated forces ... See more keywords