Adhesion to nanofibers drives cell membrane remodeling through one-dimensional wetting
Meningococci remodel the plasma membrane of host cells during infection. Here, Charles-Orszag et al. show that plasma membrane remodeling occurs independently of F-actin, along meningococcal type IV pili fibers, by a physical mechanism that they term ‘one-dimensional’ membrane wetting.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-10-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06948-x |