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Ke Liu

Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced ResearchORCID 0000-0002-5383-1700Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Ke Liu3 papers · University of California, San Francisco

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MicrobiologymBioPeer-reviewedOct 30, 2026

Pressure-induced membrane tension mechanically opens the germinant receptor GerA ion channel to trigger bacterial spore germination

Lei Rao, Tianyu Zhang, Ziqi Gong…·Xiaojun Liao

This study shows that pressure-induced membrane tension opens the GerA ion channel in Bacillus subtilis spores, triggering germination through a stretch-to-open mechanism.

DOI 10.1128/mbio.02008-26

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