Pilus Pulling DNA (VIDEO)

Indiana University

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This video shows a pilus shoot out from the bacterial cell to latch onto a piece of DNA. The image on the right shows the bacteria and pilus in green and the DNA in red. The image on the left shows the same cells without florescent dyes.

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Ankur Dalia, Indiana University

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