Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is an important opportunistic pathogen causing
serious nosocomial infections, which is considered as the most threatening Gram-negative …

The capacity of pathogenic microorganisms to adhere to host cells and avoid clearance by
the host immune system is the initial and most decisive step leading to infections. Bacteria …

Background Yersinia pestis has caused at least three human plague pandemics. The
second (Black Death, 14–17th centuries) and third (19–20th centuries) have been …

Membrane proteins present a challenge for structural biology. In this article, we review some
of the recent developments that advance the application of NMR to membrane proteins, with …

Among the seventeen species of the Gram-negative genus Yersinia, three have been shown
to be virulent and pathogenic to humans and animals—Y. enterocolitica, Y …

The human pathogens Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica cause
enterocolitis, while Yersinia pestis is responsible for pneumonic, bubonic, and septicaemic …

Historically, the main barrier to membrane protein investigations has been the tendency of
membrane proteins to aggregate (due to their hydrophobic nature), in aqueous solution as …

Treponema pallidum, an obligate human pathogen, has an outer membrane (OM) whose
physical properties, ultrastructure, and composition differ markedly from those of …

The biogenesis of transmembrane β-barrels (outer membrane proteins, or OMPs) is an
elaborate multistep orchestration of the nascent polypeptide with translocases, barrel …

The Yersiniae are a group of Gram‐negative coccobacilli inhabiting a wide range of
habitats. The genus harbors three recognized human pathogens: Y. enterocolitica and Y …