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Structure and function of the adhesive type IV pilus of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Archaea display a variety of type IV pili on their surface and employ them in different physiological functions. In the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius the most abundant surface structure is the aap pilus (archaeal adhesive pilus). The construction of in frame deletions of the aap genes revea...

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Main Authors: Henche, Anna-Lena, Ghosh, Abhrajyoti, Yu, Xiong, Jeske, Torsten, Egelman, Edward, Albers, Sonja-Verena
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3977132/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23078543
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02898.x
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