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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2007
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2170534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17850254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05908.x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2170534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17850254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05908.x

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