Structure of the Neisseria meningitidis Type IV pilus

Neisseria meningitidis use Type IV pili (T4P) to adhere to endothelial cells and breach the blood brain barrier, causing cause fatal meningitis. T4P are multifunctional polymers of the major pilin protein, which share a conserved hydrophobic N terminus that is a curved extended α-helix, α1, in X-ray...

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Autores principales: Kolappan, Subramania, Coureuil, Mathieu, Yu, Xiong, Nassif, Xavier, Egelman, Edward H., Craig, Lisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27698424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13015

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27698424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13015

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