Evidence for donor strand complementation in the biogenesis of Haemophilus influenzae haemagglutinating pili

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1335-1347

  Krasan, Graham P ^a,b   Sauer, Frederic G ^b   Cutter, David ^a,b   Farley, Monica M ^c   Gilsdorf, Janet R ^d   Hultgren, Scott J ^b   St Geme III, Joseph W ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; GLYCINE; TYROSINE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034062654     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01816.x     Document Type: Article

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