| Literature DB >> 17951389 |
Oscar G Gomez-Duarte1, Sujay Chattopadhyay, Scott J Weissman, Jorge A Giron, James B Kaper, Evgeni V Sokurenko.
Abstract
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains produce a type IV pilus named Longus. We identified a 16-gene cluster involved in the biosynthesis of Longus that has 57 to 95% identity at the protein level to CFA/III, another type IV pilus of ETEC. Alleles of the Longus structural subunit gene lngA demonstrate a diversity of 12 to 19% at the protein level with strong positive selection for point replacements and horizontal transfer.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17951389 PMCID: PMC2168600 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00722-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490