Pili on the surface of Sulfolobus islandicus are used for a host of functions, and serve as receptors for certain archaeal viruses. We find that these pili, when removed from cells, resist digestion by trypsin or pepsin, and survive boiling in SDS or 5M guanidinium-HCl. We have used cryo-EM to deter...
ORGANISM(S): Sulfolobus islandicus LAL14/1
