BfpB, an outer membrane lipoprotein required for the biogenesis of bundle-forming pili in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6555-6563

  Ramer, Sandra W ^a   Bieber, David ^a   Schoolnik, Gary K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029904580     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6555-6563.1996     Document Type: Article

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