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Cryo-EM structure of the type 1 pilus assembly platform as part of the FimI-bound chaperone-usher pilus complex (FimDHGFAnIC - body 2)
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Structural highlights
FunctionFIMA1_ECOLI 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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