Type II protein secretion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Genetic suppression of a conditional mutation in the pilin-like component XcpT by the cytoplasmic component XcpR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 221-233

  Kagami, Yoshihiro ^a   Ratliff, Melanie ^a   Surber, Mark ^a   Martinez, Alejandro ^a   Nunn, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031962224     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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