Gonococcal pili. Primary structure and receptor binding domain.
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Gonococcal pili. Primary structure and receptor binding domain
The complete amino acid sequence of pilin from gonococcal strain MS11 and the sequence of constant and variable regions from strain R10 pilin have been determined in order to elucidate the structural basis for adherence function, antigenic diversity, and polymeric structure. The MS11 pilin sequence consists of 159 amino acids in a single polypeptide chain with two cysteines in disulfide linkage...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0022-1007,1540-9538
DOI: 10.1084/jem.159.5.1351