Type IV pili and cell motility

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 01-10

  Wall, Daniel ^a   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTILITY; MYXOCOCCALES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032949378     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01339.x     Document Type: Review

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