"Fimbriae, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Thin, hairlike appendages, 1 to 20 microns in length and often occurring in large numbers, present on the cells of gram-negative bacteria, particularly Enterobacteriaceae and Neisseria. Unlike flagella, they do not possess motility, but being protein (pilin) in nature, they possess antigenic and hemagglutinating properties. They are of medical importance because some fimbriae mediate the attachment of bacteria to cells via adhesins (ADHESINS, BACTERIAL). Bacterial fimbriae refer to common pili, to be distinguished from the preferred use of "pili", which is confined to sex pili (PILI, SEX).
| Descriptor ID |
D010861
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.180.285 A20.843
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| Concept/Terms |
Fimbriae, Bacterial- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Fimbria, Bacterial
- Bacterial Fimbriae
- Pili, Common
- Common Fimbriae
- Fimbriae, Common
- Common Pilus
- Pilus, Common
- Common Pili
- Bacterial Fimbria
- Common Fimbria
- Fimbria, Common
Bacterial Pilus- Bacterial Pilus
- Bacterial Pili
- Pili, Bacterial
- Pilus, Bacterial
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fimbriae, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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The Neisseria gonorrhoeae type IV pilus promotes resistance to hydrogen peroxide- and LL-37-mediated killing by modulating the availability of intracellular, labile iron. PLoS Pathog. 2022 06; 18(6):e1010561.
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Discovery of a New Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type IV Pilus Assembly Factor, TfpC. mBio. 2020 10 27; 11(5).
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Enteroaggregative E. coli Adherence to Human Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Drives Segment and Host Specific Responses to Infection. PLoS Pathog. 2020 09; 16(9):e1008851.
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Multigenerational memory and adaptive adhesion in early bacterial biofilm communities. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 04 24; 115(17):4471-4476.
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Role for FimH in Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Invasion and Translocation through the Intestinal Epithelium. Infect Immun. 2017 11; 85(11).
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The ATPase Motor Turns for Type IV Pilus Assembly. Structure. 2016 11 01; 24(11):1857-1859.
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Structure of an essential type IV pilus biogenesis protein provides insights into pilus and type II secretion systems. J Mol Biol. 2012 May 25; 419(1-2):110-24.
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Nanoscale surface modification favors benign biofilm formation and impedes adherence by pathogens. Nanomedicine. 2012 Apr; 8(3):261-70.
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Ultrahigh resolution and full-length pilin structures with insights for filament assembly, pathogenic functions, and vaccine potential. J Biol Chem. 2011 Dec 23; 286(51):44254-44265.
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Vibrio cholerae El Tor TcpA crystal structure and mechanism for pilus-mediated microcolony formation. Mol Microbiol. 2010 Aug; 77(3):755-70.