Dual pili post-translational modifications synergize to mediate meningococcal adherence to platelet activating factor receptor on human airway cells.

Pili of pathogenic Neisseria are major virulence factors associated with adhesion, twitching motility, auto-aggregation, and DNA transformation. Pili of N. meningitidis are subject to several different post-translational modifications. Among these pilin modifications, the presence of phosphorylcholi...

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Autores principales: Freda E-C Jen, Matthew J Warren, Benjamin L Schulz, Peter M Power, W Edward Swords, Jeffery N Weiser, Michael A Apicella, Jennifer L Edwards, Michael P Jennings
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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