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A single filament biomechanical study of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Type III secretion system reveals a high elastic aspect ratio

Published:2023 Issue:36 Volume:15 Page:15027-15037
ISSN:2040-3364
Container-title:Nanoscale
language:en
Short-container-title:Nanoscale

Author:

Elias-Mordechai Moran¹,David Nofar²,Oren Sonia²,Georgia Pelah Maya¹,Jopp Jürgen³,Fichtman Boris⁴,Harel Amnon⁴^ORCID,Berkovich Ronen¹³^ORCID,Sal-Man Neta²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel

2. Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel

3. The Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel

4. Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel

Abstract

The mechanical response of individual T3SS filaments was measured by pulling on filaments extending out from bacterial surfaces and by pressing into detached filaments. The longitudinal and radial elastic moduli yielded an aspect ratio of ∼1 : 220.

Funder

Israel Science Foundation

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/NR/D3NR01953E

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