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Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Control of Cable Pilus Gene Expression in Burkholderia cenocepacia
4 Feb 2004
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia cenocepacia is an important member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex, a group of closely related bacteria that inhabits a wide variety of environmental niches in nature and that also colonizes the lungs of compromised humans. Certain strains of B. cenocepacia express peritrichous adherence organelles known as cable pili, thought to be important in the colonization of the lower respiratory tract....
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