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Bundle-forming pilus retraction enhances enteropathogenicEscherichia coliinfectivity

26 May 2011

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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an important human pathogen that causes acute infantile diarrhea. The type IV bundle-forming pili (BFP) of typical EPEC strains are dynamic fibrillar organelles that can extend out and retract into the bacterium. The bfpF gene encodes for BfpF, a protein that promotes pili retraction. The BFP are involved in bacterial autoaggregation and in mediating the initial...

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PMID: 21613538
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-01-0001

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