 Fimbriae, Bacterial
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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).
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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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fimbriae, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Goluszko P, Niesel D, Nowicki B, Selvarangan R, Nowicki S, Hart A, Pawelczyk E, Das M, Urvil P, Hasan R. Dr operon-associated invasiveness of Escherichia coli from pregnant patients with pyelonephritis. Infect Immun. 2001 Jul; 69(7):4678-80.
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Nowicki B, Selvarangan R, Nowicki S. Family of Escherichia coli Dr adhesins: decay-accelerating factor receptor recognition and invasiveness. J Infect Dis. 2001 Mar 01; 183 Suppl 1:S24-7.
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Selvarangan R, Goluszko P, Popov V, Singhal J, Pham T, Lublin DM, Nowicki S, Nowicki B. Role of decay-accelerating factor domains and anchorage in internalization of Dr-fimbriated Escherichia coli. Infect Immun. 2000 Mar; 68(3):1391-9.
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Goluszko P, Moseley SL, Truong LD, Kaul A, Williford JR, Selvarangan R, Nowicki S, Nowicki B. Development of experimental model of chronic pyelonephritis with Escherichia coli O75:K5:H-bearing Dr fimbriae: mutation in the dra region prevented tubulointerstitial nephritis. J Clin Invest. 1997 Apr 01; 99(7):1662-72.
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