Collagens are the primary structural components of mammalian extracellular matrices. In
addition, collagens regulate tissue development, regeneration and host defense through …

To interact with the external environments, bacteria often display long proteinaceous
appendages on their cell surface, called pili or fimbriae. These non-flagellar thread-like …

The predatory deltaproteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus uses a helically-trafficked motor at
bacterial focal-adhesion (bFA) sites to power gliding motility. Using total internal reflection …

ABSTRACT Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is currently the leading cause of neonatal
meningitis. This is due to its ability to survive and multiply in the bloodstream and interact …

Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a leading cause of severe
invasive disease in neonate, elderly, and immunocompromised patients worldwide. Despite …

Successful adherence, colonization, and survival of Gram‐positive bacteria require surface
proteins, and multiprotein assemblies called pili. These surface appendages are attractive …

Surface pili (or fimbriae) are an important but conspicuous adaptation of several genera and
species of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. These long and non-flagellar multi …

Clostridium perfringens type G strains cause necrotic enteritis (NE) in poultry, an
economically important disease that is a major target of in-feed antibiotics. NE is a …

Gram-negative bacteria produce repeats-in-toxin adhesion proteins (RTX adhesins) to
facilitate microbial adhesion. These large, multidomain proteins share a common …

Abstract The Gram-negative bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis is a secondary colonizer
of the oral biofilm and is involved in the onset and progression of periodontitis. Its fimbriae, of …