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Quantitative description of a contractile macromolecular machine

Contractile injection systems (CISs) [type VI secretion system (T6SS), phage tails, and tailocins] use a contractile sheath-rigid tube machinery to breach cell walls and lipid membranes. The structures of the pre- and postcontraction states of several CISs are known, but the mechanism of contraction...

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Autores principales: Fraser, Alec, Prokhorov, Nikolai S., Jiao, Fang, Pettitt, B. Montgomery, Scheuring, Simon, Leiman, Petr G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8195476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34117062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf9601