Identification of two genes with prepilin-like leader sequences involved in type 4 fimbrial biogenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3809-3817

  Alm, Richard A ^a,b   Mattick, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RECOMBINANT DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030010955     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3809-3817.1996     Document Type: Article

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