images of Pilus Pulling DNA (IMAGE)

Indiana University

images of Pilus Pulling DNA

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The upper images show a bacterial pilus (in green) latching onto a piece of DNA (in red) and pulling it back into the cell, the first steps in the DNA uptake process. The lower images show the same cells without the florescent dyes.

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Ankur Dalia, Indiana University

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Credit Ankur Dalia, Indiana University

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