Neisseria cinerea isolates can adhere to human epithelial cells by type IV pilus-independent mechanisms
Wörmann ME, Horien CL, Johnson E, Liu G, Aho E, Tang CM, Exley RM. Neisseria cinerea isolates can adhere to human epithelial cells by type IV pilus-independent mechanisms. Microbiology 2016, 162: 487-502. PMID: 26813911, PMCID: PMC4891991, DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman epithelial cellsN. cinereaFunction of piliEpithelial cellsType IV piliPathogen Neisseria meningitidisHost-pathogen interactionsClose taxonomic relationshipFormation of microcoloniesPilus-pilus interactionsGenome analysisTaxonomic relationshipsMajor pilinTfp expressionPilin expressionSpecies sharesPilin genePathogenic NeisseriaNon-pathogenic Neisseria speciesCell surfaceNeisseria cinereaCinereaRole of TFPGenesNon-pathogenic Neisseria