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A review on pilus assembly mechanisms in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

The surface of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria contains long hair-like proteinaceous protrusion known as pili or fimbriae. Historically, pilin proteins were considered to play a major role in the transfer of genetic material during bacterial conjugation. Recent findings however elucidate th...

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Autores principales: Shanmugasundarasamy, Tamilarasi, Karaiyagowder Govindarajan, Deenadayalan, Kandaswamy, Kumaravel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9046445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35493982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcsw.2022.100077