Open AccessLatching onto fibrinogen
Author(s) -
William A. Wells
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1633rr4
Subject(s) - biology , extracellular matrix , fibrinogen , shut down , extracellular , bacterial adhesin , microbiology and biotechnology , matrix (chemical analysis) , compartment (ship) , biophysics , biochemistry , computer science , materials science , gene , escherichia coli , operating system , oceanography , geology , composite material
![][1] Fibrinogen (purple) is latched in place when the G” strand crosses from N3 (yellow) to N2 (green).Narayana/ElsevierA bacterial adhesin grabs hold of its extracellular matrix target, then covers it and latches the compartment shut, according to two structures determined by
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