Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa XcpT pseudopilin, a major component of the type II secretion system

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Alphonse, Sébastien ^a   Durand, Eric ^b   Douzi, Badreddine ^a,c   Waegele, Brigitte ^d,e   Darbon, Hervé ^a   Filloux, Alain ^b,f   Voulhoux, Romé ^b   Bernard, Cédric ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CNRS and Aix Marseille University   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NMR; Pseudopilin; Structure determination; Type II secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEUTERIUM; DISULFIDE; PILIN; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XCPT PSEUDOPILIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHILICITY; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 72649083410     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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