Molecular genetic analysis of type-4 pilus biogenesis and twitching motility using Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a model system - A review

Gene

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Darzins, Al ^a,b   Russell, Mary A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Energy BioSystems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Che like protein; Pre pilin leader sequence; Signal transduction; Surface translocation

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PILA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030997863     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00037-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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