Attachment organelle formation represented by localization of cytadherence proteins and formation of the electron-dense core in wild-type and mutant strains of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1082-1091

  Seto, Shintaro ^a   Miyata, Makoto ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYTADHERENCE PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; P1 ADHESIN; PROTEIN HMW1; PROTEIN HMW3; PROTEIN P30; PROTEIN P40; PROTEIN P90; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; HMW2 GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; ORGANELLES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037307792     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.1082-1091.2003     Document Type: Article

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