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A cluster of fourteen genes from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is sufficient for the biogenesis of a type IV pilus.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 1996
Stone K D, Zhang H Z, Carlson L K, Donnenberg M S
Abstract excerpt
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adhere to epithelial cells in microcolonies, a pattern termed localized adherence (LA). LA is dependent upon the presence of 50-70 MDa plasmids, termed EPEC adherence factor (EAF) plasmids. Expression of an EAF plasmid-encoded type IV fimbria, the bundle-f...
Topics
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacteriophage T7
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial
- Escherichia coli
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutation
- Tumor Cells, Cultured