El mecanismo de acción de la toxina Tc revelado en detalle molecular

Dominic Meusch1, Christos Gatsogiannis1, Rouslan G Efremov1

  • 11] Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227 Dortmund, Germany [2].

Nature
|February 28, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

Los complejos tripartitos de toxina Tc inyectan enzimas tóxicas en las células huésped. Los investigadores revelaron las estructuras de alta resolución de los complejos Tc, detallando su formación de poros y los mecanismos de especificidad del huésped para comprender las infecciones bacterianas.

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