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Type IV fimbrial biogenesis is required for protease secretion and natural transformation in Dichelobacter nodosus.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2007
Han Xiaoyan, Kennan Ruth M, Parker Dane, Davies John K, Rood Julian I
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to develop an understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which type IV fimbrial biogenesis, natural transformation, and protease secretion are linked in the ovine foot rot pathogen, Dichelobacter nodosus. We have shown that like the D. nodosus fimbrial subunit FimA, the pilin-like protein PilE and the FimN, FimO, and FimP proteins, which are homologs of PilB, PilC, and PilD from...
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