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BfpU, a soluble protein essential for type IV pilus biogenesis in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Aug 2002

Schreiber Wiebke, Stone Kelly D, Strong Margaret A, DeTolla Louis J, Hoppert Michael, Donnenberg Michael S

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A cluster of 14 genes located on the large plasmid of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains is sufficient to direct the biogenesis of the type IV bundle-forming pilus (BFP) in a recombinant E. coli host. The fifth gene in the cluster, bfpU, encodes a protein that is predicted to be localized to the periplasmic space. To determine whether BfpU is necessary for pilus biogenesis, the authors constructed a...

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PMID: 12177344
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-8-2507

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