Cryo-electron tomography reveals OmpB is required for the Rickettsia parkeri S-layer

2026/05/27 by Meghan C. Bacher, Daniel Serwas, Yan Han +2 · 2 voices
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology #Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

paper · doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.002219

openalex publication_date 2026/05/27 · openalex created_date 2026/06/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27

Abstract

S-layer and suggest that we can leverage cryoET to examine rickettsial S-layer structure and function.

Citations

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• Cryo-electron tomography reveals OmpB is required for the Rickettsia parkeri S-layer pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42441324/ #cryoEM [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]
• Cryo-electron tomography reveals OmpB is required for the Rickettsia parkeri S-layer doi.org/10.17912/mic... [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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