title: Giant steps toward understanding a mycoplasma gliding motor.
abstract: Mycoplasma mobile carries out gliding motility using a novel motor whose proposed mechanism more closely resembles eukaryotic cytoskeletal motors than other bacterial ones. High-resolution microscopy and techniques that take advantage of the special properties of the mycoplasma cell reveal that this motor propels cells in steps of discrete size.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA. Electronic address: BalishMF@MiamiOH.edu.
authors.forename: Mitchell F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Balish
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008124:Locomotion; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins