A cluster of fourteen genes from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is sufficient for the biogenesis of a type IV pilus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 325-337

  Stone, Kelly D ^a   Zhang, Hong Zhong ^a,b   Carlson, Lisa K ^a   Donnenberg, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029879021     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02620.x     Document Type: Article

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