Structure and function of Hib pili from Haemophilus influenzae type b

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4868-4874

  Mu, Xiang Qi ^a   Egelman, Edward H ^a   Bullitt, Esther ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; IMMUNOGENICITY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNEEZING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

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

EID: 0036719294     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.17.4868-4874.2002     Document Type: Article

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