The pilus colonization factor of pathogenic neisserial species: Organelle biogenesis and structure/function relationships - A review

Gene

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-163

  Tønjum, Tone ^a   Koomey, Michael ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization factor; Competence for transformation; Eikenella; Fimbriae; Neisseria; Pilin; Pilus; Pilus assembly; Protein secretion; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EIKENELLA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030913947     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00018-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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