CnaA domains in bacterial pili are efficient dissipaters of large mechanical shocks - Echelman, Daniel J.; Alegre-Cebollada, Jorge; Badilla, Carmen L.; Chang, Chungyu; Ton-That, Hung; Fernández, Julio M. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2016)
Keywords: Actinomyces; Actinomyces - chemistry; Bacteria; Bacterial proteins; Bacterial Proteins - chemistry; Bioenergetics; Biological Sciences; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Corynebacterium diphtheriae - chemistry; Energy dissipation; Fimbriae, Bacterial - chemistry; Gram-positive bacteria; Polypeptides; Spectrum analysis; single-molecule force spectroscopy; Gram-positive pili; isopeptide bond; mechanical stability; bacterial adhesion