PelC is a Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane lipoprotein of the OMA family of proteins involved in exopolysaccharide transport.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative bacterium, opportunistic pathogen, which causes severe acute or chronic infections, as is the case with cystic fibrosis patients. Chronic infections are frequently accompanied by the development of the bacterial population into a specialized community called biofilm. The pelA-G gene cluster of P. aeruginosa has been shown to be involved in pellicle production and biofilm...

Topics

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
• Biofilms
• Biological Transport
• Models, Biological
• Models, Genetic
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Multigene Family
• Mutation
• Polysaccharides, Bacterial