Identification of a novel gene, pilZ, essential for type 4 fimbrial biogenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-53

  Alm, Richard A ^a   Bodero, Amanda J ^a   Free, Patricia D ^a   Mattick, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

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

EID: 0030042096     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.46-53.1996     Document Type: Article

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