Kingella kingae PilC1 and PilC2 are adhesive multifunctional proteins that promote bacterial adherence, twitching motility, DNA transformation, and pilus biogenesis

The gram-negative bacterium Kingella kingae is a leading cause of osteoarticular infections in young children and initiates infection by colonizing the oropharynx. Adherence to respiratory epithelial cells represents an initial step in the process of K. kingae colonization and is mediated in part by...

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Autores principales: Sacharok, Alexandra L., Porsch, Eric A., Yount, Taylor A., Keenan, Orlaith, St. Geme, Joseph W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9000118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35353876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010440

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9000118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35353876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010440

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