Neisseria meningitidis Type IV Pili Composed of Sequence Invariable Pilins Are Masked by Multisite Glycosylation.

Neisseria meningitidis Type IV Pili Composed of Sequence Invariable Pilins Are Masked by Multisite Glycosylation.

The ability of pathogens to cause disease depends on their aptitude to escape the immune system. Type IV pili are extracellular filamentous virulence factors composed of pilin monomers and frequently expressed by bacterial pathogens. As such they are major targets for the host immune system. In the...

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Main Authors: Joseph Gault, Mathias Ferber, Silke Machata, Anne-Flore Imhaus, Christian Malosse, Arthur Charles-Orszag, Corinne Millien, Guillaume Bouvier, Benjamin Bardiaux, Gérard Péhau-Arnaudet, Kelly Klinge, Isabelle Podglajen, Marie Cécile Ploy, H Steven Seifert, Michael Nilges, Julia Chamot-Rooke, Guillaume Duménil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005162

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005162

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