RrgA is a pilus-associated adhesin in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Adherence to host cells is important in microbial colonization of a mucosal surface, and Streptococcus pneumoniae adherence was significantly enhanced by expression of an extracellular pilus composed of three subunits, RrgA, RrgB and RrgC. We sought to determine which subunit(s) confers adherence. B...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Nelson, A L, Ries, J, Bagnoli, F, Dahlberg, S, Fälker, S, Rounioja, S, Tschöp, J, Morfeldt, E, Ferlenghi, I, Hilleringmann, M, Holden, D W, Rappuoli, R, Normark, S, Barocchi, M A, Henriques-Normark, B
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2007
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Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2170534/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17850254
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05908.x
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