Dual function of OmpM as outer membrane tether and nutrient uptake channel in diderm Firmicutes
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VpOmpM1 has general diffusion channel properties. a -barrel from
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An ancestral dual function of OmpM as outer membrane tether and
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OmpA dimer interactions with PGN. (A) Shown here is the length of
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Dual function of OmpM as outer membrane tether and nutrient uptake
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Augustinas Silale (@augustsilale) / X
Simonetta Gribaldo (@sgribaldo.bsky.social) — Bluesky
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In situ localization of the SOD trimer. Projection maps of the
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Phenotypic complementation of the ∆ompM1-3 mutant by production
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Schematic overview of the OmpW structure. A and B, ribbon diagrams
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A multidomain connector links the outer membrane and cell wall in
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Electron micrograph of a thin section of the lpp ompA double