"Fimbriae, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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).
| Descriptor ID |
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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fimbriae, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Characterization of intestinal Escherichia coli isolated from calves with diarrhea due to rotavirus and coronavirus. J Med Microbiol. 2019 Mar; 68(3):417-423.
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A 4.5-Year Within-Patient Evolution of a Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing K. pneumoniae Sequence Type 258. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 10 15; 67(9):1388-1394.
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In vitro reconstitution of sortase-catalyzed pilus polymerization reveals structural elements involved in pilin cross-linking. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 06 12; 115(24):E5477-E5486.
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Phytochemicals As Uropathognic Escherichia Coli FimH Antagonist: In Vitro And In Silico Approach. Curr Mol Med. 2018; 18(9):640-653.
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Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Epidemiology and role of morphological alterations. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2018 03; 12:192-196.
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Genetic evidence for a novel variant of the pilus island 1 backbone protein in group B Streptococcus. J Med Microbiol. 2017 Oct; 66(10):1409-1415.
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The plasmid-encoded Ipf and Klf fimbriae display different expression and varying roles in the virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis in mouse vs. avian hosts. PLoS Pathog. 2017 Aug; 13(8):e1006559.
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Selective depletion of uropathogenic E. coli from the gut by a FimH antagonist. Nature. 2017 06 22; 546(7659):528-532.
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A Disulfide Bond-forming Machine Is Linked to the Sortase-mediated Pilus Assembly Pathway in the Gram-positive Bacterium Actinomyces oris. J Biol Chem. 2015 Aug 28; 290(35):21393-405.
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Structure-based approach to rationally design a chimeric protein for an effective vaccine against Group B Streptococcus infections. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jun 21; 108(25):10278-83.