Bacterial adhesion pili are heterologous assemblies of similar subunits

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 623-632

  Bullitt, Esther ^a   Makowski, Lee ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RIGIDITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROTHELIUM; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0031962234     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77821-X     Document Type: Article

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