Molecular characterization of low-molecular-weight component protein, Flp, in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans fimbriae

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 253-258

  Inoue, Tetsuyoshi ^a   Tanimoto, Ichiro ^a   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Keijiro ^a   Murayama, Yoji ^a   Fukui, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Fimbriae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031968738     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02280.x     Document Type: Article

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