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Fimbriae Proteins

Known as: Pilin, Pili Structural Proteins, Pilins 
Proteins that are structural components of bacterial fimbriae (FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL) or sex pili (PILI, SEX).
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Bacterial FimbriaIn BloodProcess of secretionSex Pili

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Bacterial Proteins

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Contribution of Moraxella catarrhalis Type IV Pili to Nasopharyngeal Colonization and Biofilm Formation
ABSTRACT Moraxella catarrhalis is a gram-negative mucosal pathogen of the human respiratory tract. Although little information is… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Glycosylation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 pilin: glycan substrate specificity
The structural similarity between the pilin glycan and the O‐antigen of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 suggested that they have a… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
High adhesiveness of encapsulated Neisseria meningitidis to epithelial cells is associated with the formation of bundles of pili
Pili are indispensable in adhesion of encapsulated Neisseria meningitidis (MC) to eukaryotic cells. Intrastrain variability with… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Pilus- and non-pilus-mediated interactions of Haemophilus influenzae type b with human erythrocytes and human nasopharyngeal mucosa.
The role of pili of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in binding to human erythrocytes and in colonization and invasion of… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
The pili of Aeromonas hydrophila: identification of an environmentally regulated "mini pilin"
Ultrastructural studies of Aeromonas hydrophila strain AH26 revealed two distinctive pilus types: "straight" pili appear as… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Nucleotide sequence of the structural gene, tcpA, for a major pilin subunit of Vibrio cholerae.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Use of a pilin gene probe to study molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are unusual. The majority have a rough… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Neisseria meningitidis C114 contains silent, truncated pilin genes that are homologous to Neisseria gonorrhoeae pil sequences
Neisseria meningitidis pili can be classified into two groups: those (referred to here as class I pili) which are similar to… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Expression of pili from Bacteroides nodosus in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
The pili of Bacteroides nodosus, the causative agent of ovine footrot, constitute the major host-protective immunogen against… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Genetic Analysis of Transfer by the Escherichia coli Sex Factor F, Using P1 Transductional Complementation
P1 transduction has been used to perform a complementation analysis of a series of transfer-deficient mutants of Flac. The… 
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