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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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Autores principales: De Angelis, Gabriella, Moschioni, Monica, Muzzi, Alessandro, Pezzicoli, Alfredo, Censini, Stefano, Delany, Isabel, Lo Sapio, Morena, Sinisi, Antonia, Donati, Claudio, Masignani, Vega, Barocchi, Michèle A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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