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Structure of the Bacterial Sex F Pilus Reveals an Assembly of a Stoichiometric Protein-Phospholipid Complex

Conjugative pili are widespread bacterial appendages that play important roles in horizontal gene transfer, in spread of antibiotic resistance genes, and as sites of phage attachment. Among conjugative pili, the F “sex” pilus encoded by the F plasmid is the best functionally characterized, and it is...

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Autores principales: Costa, Tiago R.D., Ilangovan, Aravindan, Ukleja, Marta, Redzej, Adam, Santini, Joanne M., Smith, Terry K., Egelman, Edward H., Waksman, Gabriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cell Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27610568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.08.025

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