Functional role of the type 1 pilus rod structure in mediating host-pathogen interactions
Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), which cause urinary tract infections (UTI), utilize type 1 pili, a chaperone usher pathway (CUP) pilus, to cause UTI and colonize the gut. The pilus rod, comprised of repeating FimA subunits, provides a structural scaffold for displaying the tip adhesin, FimH. We solved...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2018-01-01
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Online Zugang: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/31662 |