3D schematic of gliding Mycoplasma mobile (IMAGE)

Osaka City University

3D schematic of gliding Mycoplasma mobile

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A mycoplasma cell is gliding on a sheet of sialylated oligosaccharide fixed on glass. The gliding machinery on the cell is presented as three kinds of aligned protein molecules colored red, green and pink.

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Masaki Mizutani (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

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