Conjugative type IVb pilus recognizes lipopolysaccharide of recipient cells to initiate PAPI-1 pathogenicity island transfer in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity island 1 (PAPI-1) is one of the largest genomic islands of this important opportunistic human pathogen. Previous studies have shown that PAPI-1 encodes several putative virulence factors, including a major regulator of biofilm formation and antibiotic...

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Autores principales: Hong, Toan Phuoc, Carter, Michelle Q., Struffi, Paolo, Casonato, Stefano, Hao, Youai, Lam, Joseph S., Lory, Stephen, Jousson, Olivier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5297154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28173753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-0943-4

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