Cloning and functional analysis of Asa373, a novel adhesin unrelated to the other sex pheromone plasmid-encoded aggregation substances of Enterococcus faecalis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 620-630

  Muscholl Silberhorn, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032748827     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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