A Distinct Type of Pilus from the Human Microbiome.
Xu, Q., Shoji, M., Shibata, S., Naito, M., Sato, K., Elsliger, M.A., Grant, J.C., Axelrod, H.L., Chiu, H.J., Farr, C.L., Jaroszewski, L., Knuth, M.W., Deacon, A.M., Godzik, A., Lesley, S.A., Curtis, M.A., Nakayama, K., Wilson, I.A.(2016) Cell 165: 690-703
- PubMed: 27062925 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.03.016
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3LIU, 3PAY, 3R4R, 3SY6, 3T2L, 3UFI, 3UP6, 4DGU, 4EPS, 4GPV, 4H40, 4JG5, 4JRF, 4K4K, 4Q98, 4QB7, 4QDG, 4RDB, 5CAG - PubMed Abstract: 
Pili are proteinaceous polymers of linked pilins that protrude from the cell surface of many bacteria and often mediate adherence and virulence. We investigated a set of 20 Bacteroidia pilins from the human microbiome whose structures and mechanism of assembly were unknown ...