Structure of an essential type IV pilus biogenesis protein provides insights into pilus and type II secretion systems.

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Published in J Mol Biol on March 01, 2012

Authors

Atsushi Yamagata1, Ekaterina Milgotina, Karen Scanlon, Lisa Craig, John A Tainer, Michael S Donnenberg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Biology, MB4, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

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