Fine tangled pili expressed by Haemophilus ducreyi are a novel class of pili

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 808-816

  Brentjens, Renier J ^a   Ketterer, Margaret ^b   Apicella, Michael A ^b   Spinola, Stanley M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; GENE ISOLATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULCUS MOLLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030022898     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.808-816.1996     Document Type: Article

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