UMass Amherst biochemists are mapping the molecular structure of a needle-like tool used by bacteria to invade human and mammalian cells to cause such diseases as plague and dysentery. Of particular ...
Cryo-electron microscope reconstruction of the binding of a human anti-PcrV Fab antibody (yellow) to a PcrV pentamer (blue) of the type III secretion system (T3SS) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The ...