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Abstract
Filamentous bacteria produce aerial structures to allow spores to be dispersed. A new class of secreted, surface-active proteins called chaplins has been identified in Streptomyces coelicolor. Chaplins form unusual amyloid-like fibrils and act cooperatively to bring about aerial development.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 13678605 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.08.040
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834