PpdD type IV pilin of Escherichia coli K-12 can be assembled into pili in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 848-854

  Sauvonnet, Nathalie ^a   Gounon, Pierre ^a   Pugsley, Anthony P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PILIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033985118     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.3.848-854.2000     Document Type: Article

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