TY - JOUR AU - Cao García, Francisco Javier AU - Walker, Jane E. AU - Board, Stephanie AU - Alonso-Caballero, Álvaro PY - 2025 DO - 10.26508/lsa.202403111 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119054 T2 - Life Science Alliance AB - Surface sensing initiates bacterial colonization of substrates. The protein PilY1 plays key roles during this process—surface detection, host adhesion, and motility—while experiencing mechanical perturbations of varying magnitudes. In Pseudomonas... LA - eng M2 - e202403111-1 PB - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press KW - protein PilY1 KW - ligand-binding sites KW - Xylella fastidiosa TI - Mechanical forces and ligand binding modulate Pseudomonas aeruginosa PilY1 mechanosensitive protein TY - journal article VL - 8 ER -