Discovery of a New <named-content content-type="genus-species">Neisseria gonorrhoeae</named-content> Type IV Pilus Assembly Factor, TfpC

ABSTRACT Neisseria gonorrhoeae relies on type IV pili (T4p) to promote colonization of their human host and to cause the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea. This organelle cycles through a process of extension and retraction back into the bacterial cell. Through a genetic screen, we identified...

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Main Authors: Linda I. Hu, Shaohui Yin, Egon A. Ozer, Lee Sewell, Saima Rehman, James A. Garnett, H Steven Seifert
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f7433bfb745f4e0e8eed99d7c5401af8
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