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The Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus-1 Displays a Biphasic Expression Pattern
The Streptococcus pneumoniae pilus-1 is encoded by pilus islet 1 (PI-1), which has three clonal variants (clade I, II and III) and is present in about 30% of clinical pneumococcal isolates. In vitro and in vivo assays have demonstrated that pilus-1 is involved in attachment to epithelial cells and v...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120856/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731688 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021269 |