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Twitching motility contributes to the role of pili in corneal infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 2003

Zolfaghar Irandokht, Evans David J, Fleiszig Suzanne M J

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Twitching motility is a form of surface-associated bacterial movement mediated by type IV pili of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Others have shown that pilT and pilU mutants, which are piliated but defective in twitching motility, display reduced cytotoxic capacity towards epithelial cells in vitro. Although these mutants efficiently infected lungs in vivo, they were defective in dissemination to the liver. In this...

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PMID: 12933890
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.9.5389-5393.2003
PMCID: PMC187331

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