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Identification of a predicted trimeric autotransporter adhesin required for biofilm formation of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Lazar Adler Natalie R, Dean Rachel E, Saint Richard J, Stevens Mark P, Prior Joann L, Atkins Timothy P, Galyov Edouard E
Abstract excerpt
The autotransporters are a large and diverse family of bacterial secreted and outer membrane proteins, which are present in many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens and play a role in numerous environmental and virulence-associated interactions. As part of a larger systematic study on the autotransporters of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of the severe tropical disease melioidosis, we have...
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