Type IV pilus biogenesis and motility in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 941-951

  Bhaya, Devaki ^a   Bianco, Nicole R ^b   Bryant, Donald ^b   Grossman, Arthur ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0033865551     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02068.x     Document Type: Article

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