Neisseria gonorrhoeae PilA is an FtsY homolog

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 731-739

  Arvidson, Cindy Grove ^a   Powers, Ted ^b   Walter, Peter ^b   So, Magdalene ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BETA LACTAMASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PILIN; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PILA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032942501     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.731-739.1999     Document Type: Article

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