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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Microbiol. 2008 Jan;16(1):33–40. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.10.010

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Pilus gene operons. Graphic presentation of pilus gene clusters identified in the chromosome of Actinomyces naeslundii MG-1, Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC13129, Enterococcus faecalis V538, Streptococcus pyogenes M1, Streptococcus agalactiae 2603V/R and Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4. Each cluster contains pilus-specific sortase gene(s) (black), genes encoding a major subunit (red) and minor pilins (aqua). Some of the clusters are flanked by transposable elements (blue). Genes encoding pilins used in vaccine studies are shown in bold. Uncharacterized genes are colored in gray. Numbers below clusters indicate the genomic location of pilus gene clusters.