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Fimbrial biogenesis genes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: pilW and pilX increase the similarity of type 4 fimbriae to the GSP protein-secretion systems and pilY1 encodes a gonococcal PilC homologue.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Oct 1996
Alm R A, Hallinan J P, Watson A A, Mattick J S
Abstract excerpt
Type 4 fimbriae of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are surface filaments involved in host colonization. They mediate both attachment to host epithelial cells and flagelia-independent twitching motility. Four additional genes, pilW, pilX, pilY1 and pilY2, are located on Spel fragment E in the 5 kb intergen...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- DNA, Bacterial
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Membrane Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Mutation
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae