Analysis of the clumping-mediating domain(s) of sex pheromone plasmid pAD1-encoded aggregation substance

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 515-520

  Muscholl Silberhorn, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Aggregation substance; Enterococcus faecalis; Sex pheromone system

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; SEX PHEROMONE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0032402986     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580515.x     Document Type: Article

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