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. 1986 Sep 20;191(2):299-300.
doi: 10.1016/0022-2836(86)90267-6.

Structure of F-pili: reassessment of the symmetry

D A Marvin, W Folkhard

Structure of F-pili: reassessment of the symmetry

D A Marvin et al. J Mol Biol. .

Abstract

Reassessment of the X-ray fibre diffraction patterns of F-pili using a more accurate subunit molecular weight suggests that subunits in F-pili are related by a fivefold rotation axis around the pilus axis. The identity of this fivefold symmetry with the fivefold rotation axis that relates the subunits in fd bacteriophage supports a simple model for tip-to-tip adsorption of bacteriophage to pili.

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