The pilL and pilN genes of Incl1 plasmids R64 and Collb-P9 encode outer membrane lipoproteins responsible for thin pilus biogenesis

Plasmid

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-152

  Sakai, Daisuke ^a   Komano, Teruya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PLASMID; SOLUBILIZATION;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034088899     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1434     Document Type: Article

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