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Functional organization of the autotransporter adhesin involved in diffuse adherence.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 2007
Charbonneau Marie-Eve, Mourez Michael
Abstract excerpt
The Escherichia coli adhesin involved in diffuse adherence (AIDA-I) is a multifunctional autotransporter protein that mediates bacterial aggregation and biofilm formation, as well as adhesion and invasion of cultured epithelial cells. To elucidate the structure-function relationships of AIDA-I, we performed transposon-based linker scanning mutagenesis and constructed mutants with site-directed deletions....
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