The Structure of an Archaeal Pilus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 381, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 456-466

  Wang, Ying A ^a   Yu, Xiong ^a   Ng, Sandy Y M ^b   Jarrell, Ken F ^b   Egelman, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cryo EM; helical polymers; polymorphisms; quaternary structure; scanning transmission EM

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PILUS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS;

EID: 47049126860     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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