Bundle-forming pili

Allen-Vercoe, E., Waddell, B., Livingstone, S., Deans, J., and DeVinney, R. (2006). Entero-pathogenic Escherichia coli Tir translocation and pedestal formation requires membrane cholesterol in the absence of bundle-forming pili. Cell. Microbiol. 8, 613-624. 

Cleary, J., Lai, L.-C., Shaw, R. K., Straatman-lwanowska, A., Donnenberg, M. S., Frankel, G., and Knutton, S. (2004). Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adhesion to intestinal epithelial cells Role of bundle-forming pili (BFP), EspA filaments, and intimin. Microbiology 150, 527-538. 

Tobe, T., and Saskawa, C. (2002). Species-specific cell adhesion of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is mediated by type IV bundle-forming pili. Cell. Microbiol. 4, 29M2. 

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