The Bacterial Fimbrial Tip Acts as a Mechanical Force Sensor

• Pavel Aprikian ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pavel Aprikian, Gianluca Interlandi

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Gianluca Interlandi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pavel Aprikian, Gianluca Interlandi

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Brian A. Kidd,

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Isolde Le Trong,

  Affiliation Departments of Biological Structure and Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Veronika Tchesnokova,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Olga Yakovenko,

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Matt J. Whitfield,

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Esther Bullitt,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ronald E. Stenkamp,

  Affiliation Departments of Biological Structure and Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Wendy E. Thomas ,

  * E-mail: evs@u.washington.edu (EVS); wendyt@u.washington.edu (WET)

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Evgeni V. Sokurenko

  * E-mail: evs@u.washington.edu (EVS); wendyt@u.washington.edu (WET)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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