Structure of CfaA Suggests a New Family of Chaperones Essential for Assembly of Class 5 Fimbriae.
Bao, R., Fordyce, A., Chen, Y.X., McVeigh, A., Savarino, S.J., Xia, D.(2014) PLoS Pathog 10: e1004316-e1004316
- PubMed: 25122114 
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004316
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4NCD - PubMed Abstract: 
Adhesive pili on the surface of pathogenic bacteria comprise polymerized pilin subunits and are essential for initiation of infections. Pili assembled by the chaperone-usher pathway (CUP) require periplasmic chaperones that assist subunit folding, maintain their stability, and escort them to the site of bioassembly ...