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This paper explains how a set of slip bonds can cooperatively act as the set of bonds were a catch bond.

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It illustrates the importance of understanding the components of a complex system. The response from the system as a whole can not be asserted directly to its components.

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This page is a summary of: Catch-Bond Behavior of Bacteria Binding by Slip Bonds, Biophysical Journal, September 2010, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.06.003.
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