Structural basis of tropism of Escherichia coli to the bladder during urinary tract infection.
Hung, C.S., Bouckaert, J., Hung, D., Pinkner, J., Widberg, C., DeFusco, A., Auguste, C.G., Strouse, R., Langermann, S., Waksman, G., Hultgren, S.J.(2002) Mol Microbiol 44: 903-915
- PubMed: 12010488 
- DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02915.x
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1KIU, 1KLF - PubMed Abstract: 
The first step in the colonization of the human urinary tract by pathogenic Escherichia coli is the mannose-sensitive binding of FimH, the adhesin present at the tip of type 1 pili, to the bladder epithelium. We elucidated crystallographically the in ...