Type IV Pilus Structure by Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Crystallography: Implications for Pilus Assembly and Functions.
Craig, L., Volkmann, N., Arvai, A.S., Pique, M.E., Yeager, M., Egelman, E.H., Tainer, J.A.(2006) Mol Cell 23: 651-662
- PubMed: 16949362 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.07.004
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2HI2, 2HIL - PubMed Abstract: 
Type IV pili (T4P) are long, thin, flexible filaments on bacteria that undergo assembly-disassembly from inner membrane pilin subunits and exhibit astonishing multifunctionality. Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcal or GC) T4P are prototypic virulence factors and immune targets for increasingly antibiotic-resistant human pathogens, yet detailed structures are unavailable for any T4P ...