Solution structure of the major (Spy0128) and minor (Spy0125 and Spy0130) pili subunits from Streptococcus pyogenes

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 469-480

  Solovyova, Alexandra S ^a   Pointon, Jonathan A ^a   Race, Paul R ^a   Smith, Wendy D ^a   Kehoe, Michael A ^a   Banfield, Mark J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Circular dichroism; Dummy atom model; Pili subunits; Small angle X ray scattering; Structural disorder

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

FIMBRIA PROTEIN; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SOFTWARE; SOLUTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77950556334     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0432-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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