title: Amended description of the genes for synthesis of Actinomyces naeslundii T14V type 1 fimbriae and associated adhesin.
abstract: The type 1 fimbriae of Actinomyces naeslundii T14V mediate adhesion of this gram-positive species to the tooth surface. The present findings show that the locus for type 1 fimbria production in this strain includes three genes, fimQ for a minor fimbrial subunit that appears to be an adhesin, fimP for the major structural subunit, and srtC1 for a type 1 fimbria-specific sortase involved in the assembly of these structures.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Branch, U.S. Army Dental and Trauma Research Detachment, 310B B Street, Great Lakes, IL 60088, USA.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: John O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Cisar
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Jenny T C
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Kai P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces / Q000235:genetics*; D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins