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S-layers at second glance? Altiarchaeal grappling hooks (hami) resemble archaeal S-layer proteins in structure and sequence

The uncultivated “Candidatus Altiarchaeum hamiconexum” (formerly known as SM1 Euryarchaeon) carries highly specialized nano-grappling hooks (“hami”) on its cell surface. Until now little is known about the major protein forming these structured fibrous cell surface appendages, the genes involved or...

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Autores principales: Perras, Alexandra K., Daum, Bertram, Ziegler, Christine, Takahashi, Lynelle K., Ahmed, Musahid, Wanner, Gerhard, Klingl, Andreas, Leitinger, Gerd, Kolb-Lenz, Dagmar, Gribaldo, Simonetta, Auerbach, Anna, Mora, Maximilian, Probst, Alexander J., Bellack, Annett, Moissl-Eichinger, Christine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4460559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26106369
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00543