Role of the Eikenella corrodens pilA locus in pilus function and phase variation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-62

  Villar, M T ^a   Hirschberg, R L ^a   Schaefer, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EIKENELLA CORRODENS; NEGIBACTERIA; PILA;

EID: 0035184168     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.1.55-62.2001     Document Type: Article

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