Contribution of Individual Ebp Pilus Subunits of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF to Pilus Biogenesis, Biofilm Formation and Urinary Tract Infection

• Jouko Sillanpää,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Chungyu Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Kavindra V. Singh,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Maria Camila Montealegre,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Barrett R. Harvey,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Hung Ton-That,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Barbara E. Murray

  * E-mail: bem.asst@uth.tmc.edu

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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