Structure and Assembly of a Trans-Periplasmic Channel for Type IV Pili in Neisseria meningitidis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Berry, Jamie Lee ^a   Phelan, Marie M ^b   Collins, Richard F ^a   Adomavicius, Tomas ^a   Tønjum, Tone ^c   Frye, Stefan A ^c   Bird, Louise ^d   Owens, Ray ^d   Ford, Robert C ^a   Lian, Lu Yun ^b   Derrick, Jeremy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Oxford Protein Production Facility UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 20; LIPOPROTEIN; PILQ PROTEIN; SECRETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM TYPE IV PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR SECRETION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTER MEMBRANE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RUMEX;

EID: 84866903914     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002923     Document Type: Article

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