Proteus mirabilis mannose-resistant, Proteus-like fimbriae: MrpG is located at the fimbrial tip and is required for fimbrial assembly.

doi:10.1128/iai.65.4.1327-1334.1997

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Proteus mirabilis mannose-resistant, Proteus-like fimbriae: MrpG is located at the fimbrial tip and is required for fimbrial assembly.

Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 1997

Li X, Zhao H, Geymonat L, Bahrani F, Johnson D E, Mobley H L

Abstract excerpt

The mannose-resistant, Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbria, responsible for mannose-resistant hemagglutination, is a virulence factor for uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis. Based on known fimbrial gene organization, we postulated that MrpG, a putative minor subunit of the MR/P fimbria, functions as an adhe...

Topics

Adhesins, Bacterial
Animals
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Fimbriae, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Mannose
Mice
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Proteus mirabilis

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