The level of expression of the minor pilin subunit, CooD, determines the number of CS1 pili assembled on the cell surface of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1694-1697

  Sakellaris, Harry ^a   Penumalli, Vikram R ^a   Scott, June R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033026364     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1694-1697.1999     Document Type: Article

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