Genes involved in the biogenesis and function of type-4 fimbriae in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Gene

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-98

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA uptake; Pathogenesis; Pili; Protein secretion; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA TRANSFER; EPITHELIUM; FIMBRIA; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030907570     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00805-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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