Pilus Phase Variation Switches Gonococcal Adherence to Invasion by Caveolin-1-Dependent Host Cell Signaling

Many pathogenic bacteria cause local infections but occasionally invade into the blood stream, often with fatal outcome. Very little is known about the mechanism underlying the switch from local to invasive infection. In the case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, phase variable type 4 pili (T4P) stabilize l...

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Autores principales: Faulstich, Michaela, Böttcher, Jan-Peter, Meyer, Thomas F., Fraunholz, Martin, Rudel, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23717204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003373

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23717204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003373

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