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Genetic characterization of a multicomponent signal transduction system controlling the expression of cable pili in Burkholderia cenocepacia.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 2004
Tomich Mladen, Mohr Christian D
Abstract excerpt
Cable pili are peritrichous organelles expressed by certain strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia, believed to facilitate colonization of the lower respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis patients. The B. cenocepacia cblBACDS operon encodes the structural and accessory proteins required for the assembly of cable pili, as well as a gene designated cblS, predicted to encode a hybrid sensor kinase protein of bacterial...
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