Human Urine Decreases Function and Expression of Type 1 Pili in Uropathogenic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content>

Human Urine Decreases Function and Expression of Type 1 Pili in Uropathogenic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content>

ABSTRACT Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the primary cause of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs). UPEC bind the bladder using type 1 pili, encoded by the fim operon in nearly all E. coli. Assembled type 1 pili terminate in the FimH adhesin, which specifically binds to mannos...

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Autores principales: Sarah E. Greene, Michael E. Hibbing, James Janetka, Swaine L. Chen, Scott J. Hultgren
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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Microbiology
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