Oudega B, De Graaf F K
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 1988;54(4):285-99. doi: 10.1007/BF00393521.
The genetic organization of the determinants of type 1, K88ab, K99 fimbriae and P(pap)pili of Escherichia coli is presented. The functions of the various gene products are described and a model for the process of fimbriae biogenesis is presented and discussed.