Staphylococcal Bap Proteins Build Amyloid Scaffold Biofilm Matrices in Response to Environmental Signals.

Biofilms are communities of bacteria that grow encased in an extracellular matrix that often contains proteins. The spatial organization and the molecular interactions between matrix scaffold proteins remain in most cases largely unknown. Here, we report that Bap protein of Staphylococcus aureus sel...

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Main Authors: Agustina Taglialegna, Susanna Navarro, Salvador Ventura, James A Garnett, Steve Matthews, José R Penades, Iñigo Lasa, Jaione Valle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005711