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Multifunctional nature of P fimbriae of uropathogenic Escherichia coli: mutations in fsoE and fsoF influence fimbrial binding to renal tubuli and immobilized fibronectin.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Dec 1991
Westerlund B, van Die I, Kramer C, Kuusela P, Holthöfer H, Tarkkanen A M, Virkola R, Riegman N, Bergmans H, Hoekstra W
Abstract excerpt
P fimbriae of the F7(1) serotype of Escherichia coli are composed of a major subunit, FsoA, and of three minor proteins named FsoG, FsoE, and FsoF. FsoG is the Gal alpha(1-4)Gal-specific lectin. We assessed mutated recombinant strains each deficient in one fimbrial component for adhesion to froze...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Fibronectins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Frozen Sections
- Humans
- Kidney Cortex
- Kidney Tubules
- Molecular Sequence Data