Type IV pili-a numbers game

被引：1
|
作者：
Karuppiah, Vijaykumar [1 ]
Derrick, Jeremy P. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Manchester, Fac Life Sci, Manchester, Lancs, England
来源：
EMBO JOURNAL | 2014年 / 33卷 / 16期
关键词：
MINOR PILINS; REVEALS; CELLS;
D O I：
10.15252/embj.201489096
中图分类号：
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号：
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
Type IV pili are long polymers located on the surface of a wide variety of bacterial cells, including the pathogen Neisseria meningitidis. They are responsible for a diverse range of functions, including adhesion, motility and natural transformation. In this issue of The EMBO Journal, Imhaus and Dum nil show that two minor pilins, PilX and PilV, exert some of their effects by changing mean surface pilus number and that this modulates different pilus-dependent functions.
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页码：1732 / 1734
页数：3
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