The plasmid R64 thin pilus identified as a type IV pilus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3594-3603

  Kim, Su Ryang ^a   Komano, Teruya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBOMYCIN; PEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030998924     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3594-3603.1997     Document Type: Article

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