Article
Expression of multiple pili by Legionella pneumophila: identification and characterization of a type IV pilin gene and its role in adherence to mammalian and protozoan cells.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 1998
Stone B J, Abu Kwaik Y
Abstract excerpt
Legionella pneumophila expresses pili of variable lengths, either long (0.8 to 1.5 microm) or short (0.1 to 0.6 microm), that can be observed by transmission electron microscopy. We have identified a gene in L. pneumophila with homology to the type IV pilin genes (pilEL). An insertion mutation wa...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Eukaryota
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Legionella pneumophila
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation