Structural and functional insights into the assembly of type 1 pili from Escherichia coli.

Capitani G; Eidam O; Glockshuber R; Grütter MG

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2006.03.013

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Structural and functional insights into the assembly of type 1 pili from Escherichia coli.

Capitani G Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland. capitani@bioc.unizh.ch
Eidam O
Glockshuber R
Grütter MG

2006-06-24

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Microbes and infection. - 2006

English Type 1 pili are filamentous protein complexes that are anchored to the outer membrane of uropathogenic Escherichia coli and mediate bacterial adhesion to the surface of urinary epithelium cells. We review here the current status of structural and functional studies on the assembly of type 1 pili.

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