Cryo-EM structure of the CFA/I pilus rod

Cryo-EM structure of the CFA/I pilus rod

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are common agents of diarrhea for travelers and a major cause of mortality in children in developing countries. To attach to intestinal cells ETEC express colonization factors, among them CFA/I, which are the most prevalent factors and are the archetypical rep...

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Main Authors: Weili Zheng, Magnus Andersson, Narges Mortezaei, Esther Bullitt, Edward Egelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2019-09-01
Series:IUCrJ
Subjects:
fimbriae
bacterial adhesion
helical reconstruction
force spectroscopy
electron cryomicroscopy
3D reconstruction
3D image processing
integrative structural biology
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2052252519007966

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