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Molecular Pathogenesis

RrgA and RrgB Are Components of a Multisubunit Pilus Encoded by the Streptococcus pneumoniae rlrA Pathogenicity Islet

Julianna LeMieux, David L. Hava, Alan Basset, Andrew Camilli
Julianna LeMieux
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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David L. Hava
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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Andrew Camilli
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2453-2456.2006
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ABSTRACT

The rlrA pathogenicity islet in Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 encodes three surface proteins, RrgA, RrgB, and RrgC, and three sortase enzymes. Using transmission electron microscopy, cell fractionation, cell wall sorting signal domain swapping, and Western blotting, we show that RrgA and RrgB are incorporated into a multisubunit pilus in S. pneumoniae.

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    • Received 5 November 2005.
    • Returned for modification 15 November 2005.
    • Accepted 16 January 2006.
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Infection and Immunity Mar 2006, 74 (4) 2453-2456; DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2453-2456.2006

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Julianna LeMieux, David L. Hava, Alan Basset, Andrew Camilli
Infection and Immunity Mar 2006, 74 (4) 2453-2456; DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2453-2456.2006
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