Enterococcus faecalis Ebp pili are important for cell-cell aggregation and intraspecies gene transfer

The Enterococcus faecalis EbpA Pilus Protein: Attenuation of Expression, Biofilm Formation, and Adherence to Fibrinogen Start with the Rare Initiation Codon ATT

(2015) Maria Camila Montealegre et al.   mBio

Targeting Pili in Enterococcal Pathogenesis

(2014) Kenneth L. Pinkston et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

EbpA vaccine antibodies block binding of Enterococcus faecalis to fibrinogen to prevent catheter-associated bladder infection in mice

(2014) A. L. Flores-Mireles et al.   Science Translational Medicine

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

(2013) Jouko Sillanpää et al.   PLoS One

Role of sortase-dependent pili of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in modulating bacterium-host interactions

(2013) F. Turroni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Development of a genomic site for gene integration and expression in Enterococcus faecalis

(2012) Sruti DebRoy et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

The Metal Ion-Dependent Adhesion Site Motif of the Enterococcus faecalis EbpA Pilin Mediates Pilus Function in Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

(2012) H. V. Nielsen et al.   mBio

Conservation of Ebp-Type Pilus Genes among Enterococci and Demonstration of Their Role in Adherence of Enterococcus faecalis to Human Platelets

(2011) Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Relative Contributions of Ebp Pili and the Collagen Adhesin Ace to Host Extracellular Matrix Protein Adherence and Experimental Urinary Tract Infection by Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF

(2011) Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Enterococcus faecalis rnjB Is Required for Pilin Gene Expression and Biofilm Formation

(2010) P. Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Large scale variation in Enterococcus faecalis illustrated by the genome analysis of strain OG1RF

(2008) Agathe Bourgogne et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY