Purification and characterization of thin pili of IncI1 plasmids ColIb- P9 and R64: Formation of PilV-specific cell aggregates by type IV pili

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2842-2848

  Yoshida, Tetsu ^a   Furuya, Nobuhisa ^a   Ishikura, Masayuki ^a   Isobe, Toshiaki ^a   Haino Fukushima, Kazu ^a   Ogawa, Toshio ^b   Komano, Teruya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saitama College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032469732     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2842-2848.1998     Document Type: Article

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