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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Autores principales: Imam, Saheed, Chen, Zhongqiang, Roos, David S., Pohlschröder, Mechthild
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3244431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22216142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028919

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3244431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22216142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028919

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