Crystal structure of the P pilus rod subunit PapA

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 0674-0682

  Verger, Denis ^a   Bullitt, Esther ^b   Hultgren, Scott J ^c   Waksman, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PAPA; PROTEIN PAPD; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADHESIN; ATPA PROTEIN, E COLI; CHAPERONE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PAPD PROTEIN, E COLI; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 34249730502     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030073     Document Type: Article

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