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Bent conformation of a backbone pilin N-terminal domain supports a three-stage pilus assembly mechanism

Effective colonization of host cells by some Gram-positive bacteria often involves using lengthy, adhesive macromolecular structures called sortase-dependent pili. Among commensals, the gut-adapted Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG strain encodes the operons for two varieties of these pili (SpaCBA and SpaF...

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Autores principales: Chaurasia, Priyanka, Pratap, Shivendra, Palva, Airi, von Ossowski, Ingemar, Krishnan, Vengadesan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30271975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0100-0