A Vibrio vulnificus Type IV Pilin Contributes to Biofilm Formation, Adherence to Epithelial Cells, and Virulence
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A Vibrio vulnificus type IV pilin contributes to biofilm formation, adherence to epithelial cells, and virulence.
Vibrio vulnificus expresses a multitude of cell-associated and secreted factors that potentially contribute to pathogenicity, although the specific roles of most of these factors have been difficult to define. Previously we have shown that a mutation in pilD (originally designated vvpD), which encodes a type IV prepilin peptidase/N-methyltransferase, abolishes expression of surface pili, sugges...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.3.1411-1422.2005