Crystal Structure of the Minor Pilin CofB, the Initiator of CFA/III Pilus Assembly in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Authors: Kolappan, Subramania, Ng, Dixon, Yang, Guixiang, Harn, Tony, Craig, Lisa

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 23 October 2015 290(43):25805-25818

The Vibrio cholerae Minor Pilin TcpB Initiates Assembly and Retraction of the Toxin-Coregulated Pilus.

Authors: Ng, Dixon¹, Harn, Tony¹, Altindal, Tuba¹, Kolappan, Subramania¹, Marles, Jarrad M.², Lala, Rajan³, Spielman, Ingrid³, Gao, Yang², Hauke, Caitlyn A.², Kovacikova, Gabriela², Verjee, Zia¹, Taylor, Ronald K.², Biais, Nicolas^3,4 nicolas@mechano-micro-biology.org, Craig, Lisa¹ licraig@sfu.ca

Source: PLoS Pathogens. 12/19/2016, Vol. 12 Issue 12, p1-31. 31p.

Subject Terms: *VIBRIO cholerae, *PILI (Microbiology), *BACTERIAL toxins, *PILIN (Bacterial proteins), *MOLECULAR microbiology