Type IV pilin structure and assembly: X-ray and EM analyses of Vibrio cholerae toxin-coregulated pilus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAK pilin

Molecular Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1139-1150

  Craig, Lisa ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^b   Pique, Michael E ^a   Adair, Brian D ^a   Arvai, Andrew S ^a   Singh, Mona ^a,f   Lloyd, Sarah J ^a   Shin, David S ^a   Getzoff, Elizabeth D ^a   Yeager, Mark ^a,c   Forest, Katrina T ^d   Tainer, John A ^a,e  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; PILIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 12444272635     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00170-9     Document Type: Article

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