Atomic structures of a bactericidal contractile nanotube in its pre- and postcontraction states

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 377-382

  Ge, Peng ^a   Scholl, Dean ^b   Leiman, Petr G ^c   Yu, Xuekui ^a   Miller, Jeff F ^a   Zhou, Z Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AvidBiotics   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDAL CONTRACTILE NANOTUBE; NANOTUBE; PYOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIPOLE; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURFACE CHARGE; TARGET CELL; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTUBES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCINS;

EID: 84929172108     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2995     Document Type: Article

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