Pili in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria - structure, assembly and their role in disease

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Pili in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria - structure, assembly and their role in disease

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Many bacterial species possess long filamentous structures known as pili or fimbriae extending from their surfaces. Despite the diversity in pilus structure and biogenesis, pili in Gram-negative bacteria are typically formed by non-covalent homopolymerization of major pilus subunit proteins (pilins), which generates the pilus shaft. Additional pilins may be added to the fiber and often function as host cell adhesins. Some pili are also involved in biofilm formation, phage transduction, DNA up...

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Journal article

Date created

2009-02-01

Creator

Proft, Thomas / Baker, Edward

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/18852

Related subjects

Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / Cell Biology / Pili / fimbriae / pilin / cytoadherence / biofilms / lectin / twitching motility / sortase / ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA-COLI / BUNDLE-FORMING PILUS / DONOR STRAND COMPLEMENTATION / DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR / THIN AGGREGATIVE FIMBRIAE / TOXIN-COREGULATED PILUS / DRIVES FIBER FORMATION / GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCUS / IV PILI / PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA

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