Structure of a bacterial type IV secretion core complex at subnanometre resolution

EMBO Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1195-1204

  Rivera Calzada, Angel ^a   Fronzes, Rémi ^b   Savva, Christos G ^a   Chandran, Vidya ^a   Lian, Pei W ^a   Laeremans, Toon ^c,d   Pardon, Els ^c,d   Steyaert, Jan ^c,d   Remaut, Han ^c,d   Waksman, Gabriel ^a   Orlova, Elena V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

core complex; cryo electron microscopy; pKM101; structure; type 4 secretion system

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876417563     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.58     Document Type: Article

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