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Spatial clustering of the curlin secretion lipoprotein requires curli fiber assembly.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 2009
Epstein Elisabeth Ashman, Reizian Margeaux A, Chapman Matthew R
Abstract excerpt
Gram-negative bacteria assemble functional amyloid surface fibers called curli. CsgB nucleates the major curli subunit protein, CsgA, into a self-propagating amyloid fiber on the cell surface. The CsgG lipoprotein is sufficient for curlin transport across the outer membrane and is hypothesized to be the central molecule of the curli fiber secretion and assembly complex. We tested the hypothesis that the curli...
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