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Cryo-EM reconstruction of the CFA/I bacterial adhesion pili
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Structural highlights
FunctionFMC1_ECOLX Fimbriae (also called pili), polar filaments radiating from the surface of the bacterium to a length of 0.5-1.5 micrometers and numbering 100-300 per cell, enable bacteria to colonize the epithelium of specific host organs. Contents | ||||||||||||||||||
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