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. 2017 Mar 28;112(6):1047-1049.
doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.12.053.

If Life Keeps Throwing Curveballs, You've Probably Reached a Wall

Ashok Prasad  1
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If Life Keeps Throwing Curveballs, You've Probably Reached a Wall

Ashok Prasad. Biophys J. .
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Figure 1
A cartoon of the life cycle of the bacterium BV based upon Sockett (2). The article by Jashnsaz et al. (1) in this issue helps solve the question of how BV captures its prey using random collisions. To see this figure in color, go online.
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  • Hydrodynamic Hunters.
    Jashnsaz H, Al Juboori M, Weistuch C, Miller N, Nguyen T, Meyerhoff V, McCoy B, Perkins S, Wallgren R, Ray BD, Tsekouras K, Anderson GG, Pressé S. Jashnsaz H, et al. Biophys J. 2017 Mar 28;112(6):1282-1289. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.02.011. Biophys J. 2017. PMID: 28355554 Free PMC article.

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