Article
Suppression of an absolute defect in type IV pilus biogenesis by loss-of-function mutations in pilT, a twitching motility gene in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 Dec 1998
Wolfgang M, Park H S, Hayes S F, van Putten J P, Koomey M
Abstract excerpt
Type IV pili of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the Gram-negative etiologic agent of gonorrhea, facilitate colonization of the human host. Gonococcal PilT, a protein belonging to a large family of molecules sharing a highly conserved nucleotide binding domain motif, has been shown to be dispensable for or...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphatases
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Humans
- Molecular Motor Proteins
- Mutation
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Pili, Sex