Article
Single amino acid substitutions in the N-terminus of Vibrio cholerae TcpA affect colonization, autoagglutination, and serum resistance.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Sept 1995
Chiang S L, Taylor R K, Koomey M, Mekalanos J J
Abstract excerpt
The toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP) of Vibrio cholerae O1 is required for successful infection of the host. TcpA, the structural subunit of TCP, belongs to the type IV family of pilins, which includes the PilE pilin of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Recently, single amino acid changes in the N-terminus of...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Blood Bactericidal Activity
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Gene Targeting
- Lipoproteins
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Vibrio cholerae
- Virulence