Identification of Surprisingly Diverse Type IV Pili, across a Broad Range of Gram-Positive Bacteria

BACKGROUND: In Gram-negative bacteria, type IV pili (TFP) have long been known to play important roles in such diverse biological phenomena as surface adhesion, motility, and DNA transfer, with significant consequences for pathogenicity. More recently it became apparent that Gram-positive bacteria a...

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Main Authors: Imam, Saheed, Chen, Zhongqiang, Roos, David S., Pohlschröder, Mechthild
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3244431/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22216142
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028919
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