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A chaperone-guided donor-strand exchange pathway assembles a Gram-positive pilus
Mike Sleutel, Caleb Anderson, Mélanie Roch…·Kimberly A. Kline
This study identifies a chaperone-guided donor-strand exchange pathway in Enterococcus faecalis that assembles a Gram-positive pilus, revealing a hybrid system combining chaperone-usher and sortase-dependent mechanisms.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.17.759780