Secretion of a soluble colonization factor by the TCP type 4 pilus biogenesis pathway in Vibrio cholerae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Kirn, Thomas J ^a   Bose, Niranjan ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; COLONIZATION FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MICE; OPERON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0038385185     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03546.x     Document Type: Article

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