Bundle-forming pilus retraction enhances enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infectivity

Bundle-forming pilus retraction enhances enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infectivity

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and other pathogenic bacteria use dynamic type IV pili to adhere to the host. Here we show that the capacity of the EPEC type IV pili to retract is required for the breakdown of the host epithelial tight-junction barrier, efficient actin-pedestal formation, a...

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Main Authors: Zahavi, Eitan E., Lieberman, Joshua A., Donnenberg, Michael S., Nitzan, Mor, Baruch, Kobi, Rosenshine, Ilan, Turner, Jerrold R., Melamed-Book, Naomi, Feinstein, Naomi, Zlotkin-Rivkin, Efrat, Aroeti, Benjamin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The American Society for Cell Biology 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135470/

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