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The bacterial amyloid curli is associated with urinary source bloodstream infection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Urinary tract infections are the most common cause of E. coli bloodstream infections (BSI) but the mechanism of bloodstream invasion is poorly understood.
Chia Hung, Jonas Marschall, Carey-Ann D Burnham, Albert S Byun, Jeffrey P Henderson   +4 more
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Escherichia coli biofilms have an organized and complex extracellular matrix structure [PDF]

, 2013
Bacterial biofilms are ubiquitous in nature, and their resilience is derived in part from a complex extracellular matrix that can be tailored to meet environmental demands.
Chapman, Matthew R, Crowley, Jan R, Dodson, Karen W, Hadjifrangiskou, Maria, Henderson, Jeffrey P, Heuser, John, Hultgren, Scott J, Hung, Chia, Pinkner, Jerome S, Zhou, Yizhou   +9 more
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Synthesis and patterning of tunable multiscale materials with engineered cells [PDF]

, 2013
Many natural biological systems - such as biofilms, shells and skeletal tissues - are able to assemble multifunctional and environmentally responsive multiscale assemblies of living and non-living components. Here, by using inducible genetic circuits and
Billings, Amanda N., Chen, Allen Y., Citorik, Robert J., Deng, Zhengtao, Lu, Michelle Y., Lu, Timothy K., Seker, Urartu O.S., Zakeri, Bijan   +7 more
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The Production of Curli Amyloid Fibers Is Deeply Integrated into the Biology of Escherichia coli

Biomolecules, 2017
Curli amyloid fibers are the major protein component of the extracellular matrix produced by Enterobacteriaceae during biofilm formation. Curli are required for proper biofilm development and environmental persistence by Escherichia coli.
Daniel R. Smith, Janet E. Price, Peter E. Burby, Luz P. Blanco, Justin Chamberlain, Matthew R. Chapman   +5 more
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Small Regulatory RNAs in the Control of Motility and Biofilm Formation in E. coli and Salmonella [PDF]

, 2013
Biofilm formation in Escherichia coli and other enteric bacteria involves the inverse regulation of the synthesis of flagella and biofilm matrix components such as amyloid curli fibres, cellulose, colanic acid and poly-N-acetylglucosamine (PGA ...
Hengge, Regine, Mika , Franziska
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Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli strains isolated from children and adults constitute two different populations [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli (DAEC) have been considered a diarrheagenic category of E. coli for which several potential virulence factors have been described in the last few years.
Almeida, Rosane Mansan, Giugliano, Loreny Gimenes, Pereira, Alex Leite   +2 more
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Functional Amyloid and Other Protein Fibers in the Biofilm Matrix [PDF]

, 2018
Biofilms are ubiquitous in the natural and man-made environment. They are defined as microbes that are encapsulated in an extracellular, self-produced, biofilm matrix.
Alteri, Amdursky, Arranz, Ayakawa, Baldwin, Barnhart, Basaraba, Bayer, Besingi, Bieler, Blanco, Boles, Bowen, Branda, Branda, Bély, Cait E. MacPhee, Chai, Channon, Chapman, Chiti, Claessen, Claessen, Collinson, Costalonga, Costerton, Crick, Cucarella, De Ferrari, de Lorenzo, Diehl, Dragoš, Dueholm, Dueholm, Dueholm, Dutta, Elliot, Elliot Erskine, Erskine, Esteban, Evans, Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick, Flemming, Frederick, Gophna, Goyal, Greenwald, Hammer, Hirano, Hobley, Howie, Howie, Hudson, Jackson, Jain, Kahn, Kayed, Kelly, Kim, Kyle, Langkilde, Larsen, Larsen, Larson, Larson, Lei, Levine, Lopez, López-Ochoa, Makin, Mann, Markande, Mehlin, Micsonai, Moradali, Nenninger, Nicola R. Stanley-Wall, O'Nuallain, Oh, Ojha, Oli, Olsén, Otto, Otzen, Peterson, Pras, Ramsugit, Rigano, Rohde, Romero, Romero, Romero, Romero, Ryu, Römling, Saupe, Sawyer, Schmidt, Schwartz, Schwartz, Serra, Serra, Shahnawaz, Shewmaker, Sipe, Sipe, Skariyachan, Smith, Stsiapura, Stöver, Sugimoto, Taglialegna, Taglialegna, Tayeb-Fligelman, Thongsomboon, Tian, Uhlich, van der Wel, Van Gerven, Vassar, Vidakovic, Vidal, Vlamakis, Wang, Wang, Wasmer, Wildermuth, Xiao, Yang, Zeng, Zheng, Zimaro   +132 more
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Modulating bacterial and gut mucosal interactions with engineered biofilm matrix proteins

Scientific Reports, 2018
Extracellular appendages play a significant role in mediating communication between bacteria and their host. Curli fibers are a class of bacterial fimbria that is highly amenable to engineering.
Anna M. Duraj-Thatte, Pichet Praveschotinunt, Trevor R. Nash, Frederick R. Ward, Neel S. Joshi   +4 more
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Differences in internalization and growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 within the apoplast of edible plants, spinach and lettuce, compared with the model species Nicotiana benthamiana [PDF]

, 2017
Internalization of food-borne bacteria into edible parts of fresh produce plants represents a serious health risk. Therefore, internalization of verocytotoxigenic E.
Adav, Barak, Barnhart, Bennett, Bilek, Brandl, Carter, Carter, Cochran, Cooley, Crozier, Dahan, Deering, Deering, Eberl, Erickson, Erickson, Erickson, Erickson, Godfrey, Gomes, Gomez-Aldapa, Goulter, Greig, Hirneisen, Holden, Holden, Horsch, Hou, Hufnagel, Hung, Itoh, Kaper, Koczan, Kurup, Lapidot, Lawrence, Lim, Macarisin, Marlow, Martinez, Matthews, Melotto, Michino, Misas-Villamil, Mitra, Morris, Méric, Neidhardt, Neu, Ramos, Re, Reed, Rossez, Römling, Römling, Shcherbo, Solomon, Strachan, Tetz, Teunis, Turner, Uhlich, Wachtel, Warriner, Warriner, Watanabe, Weber, Whitchurch, Wright, Wu, Yaron, Yu, Zhou, Ziuzina   +74 more
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AI Guided Protein Design for Next‐Generation Autogenic Engineered Living Materials

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Autogenic engineered living materials (ELMs) integrate biology and materials science to create self‐regenerating and self‐healing materials. This perspective highlights emerging strategies in protein engineering and AI‐guided de novo design to expand the capabilities of autogenic ELMs.
Hoda M. Hammad, Anna M. Duraj‐Thatte
wiley   +1 more source