Cryo-electron microscopic reconstruction of the antigen binding region of a human antibody to the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (IMAGE)

German Center for Infection Research

Cryo-electron microscopic reconstruction of the antigen binding region of a human antibody to the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Cryo-electron microscopic reconstruction of the antigen binding region of a human antibody (yellow) to the needle tip complex (blue) of the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antibody binding results in the inhibition of the secretion system, which is a crucial virulence factor of P. aeruginosa.

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CSSB/Biao Yuan

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