Structural biology: Zooming in on F pili

Nature Reviews Microbiology 14, 665 (2016).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.145

Author: Katharine H. Wrighton
Despite the importance of the bacterial F pilus in DNA transfer and as an entry point for phages, its structure was unknown. Costa et al. now solve the structure of two plasmid-purified F family pili — the pED208 and F pili — at 3.6

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - October 11, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Katharine H. Wrighton Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research