Article
The interaction of protein structure, selection, and recombination on the evolution of the type-1 fimbrial major subunit (fimA) from Escherichia coli.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Feb 2001
Peek A S, Souza V, Eguiarte L E, Gaut B S
Abstract excerpt
Fimbrial adhesins allow bacteria to interact with and attach to their environment. The bacteria possibly benefit from these interactions, but all external structures including adhesins also allow bacteria to be identified by other organisms. Thus adhesion molecules might be under multiple forms o...
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