Identification of a novel gene, fimV, involved in twitching motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1321-1332

  Semmler, Annalese B T ^a   Whitchurch, Cynthia B ^a   Leech, Andrew J ^a   Mattick, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fimbriae; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Surface translocation; Twitching motility; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; FIMBRIA; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034091536     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1321     Document Type: Article

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