Chaperone-usher fimbriae of Escherichia coli.

Chaperone-usher (CU) fimbriae are adhesive surface organelles common to many Gram-negative bacteria. Escherichia coli genomes contain a large variety of characterised and putative CU fimbrial operons, however, the classification and annotation of individual loci remains problematic. Here we describe...

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Main Authors: Daniël J Wurpel, Scott A Beatson, Makrina Totsika, Nicola K Petty, Mark A Schembri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559732?pdf=render