Type IV-like pili formed by the type II secreton: Specificity, composition, bundling, polar localization, and surface presentation of peptides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3416-3428

  Vignon, Guillaume ^a   Köhler, Rolf ^a   Larquet, Eric ^a,b   Giroux, Stéphanie ^a   Prévost, Marie Christine ^a   Roux, Pascal ^a   Pugsley, Anthony P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GSPG; PROTEIN PULG; PROTEIN SECRETON; PULLULANASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PULLULANASE SECRETON GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037853309     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.11.3416-3428.2003     Document Type: Article

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