Intracellular/surface moonlighting proteins that aid in the attachment of gut microbiota to the host

The gut microbiota use proteins on their surface to form and maintain interactions with host cells and tissues. In recent years, many of these cell surface proteins have been found to be identical to intracellular enzymes and chaperones. When displayed on the cell surface these moonlighting proteins...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Constance J. Jeffery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2019-03-01
Series:AIMS Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/microbiol.2019.1.77/fulltext.html