Identification of a novel type IV pilus gene cluster required for gastrointestinal colonization of Citrobacter rodentium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 795-809

  Mundy, Rosanna ^a   Pickard, Derek ^a   Wilson, Rebecca K ^a   Simmons, Cameron P ^a   Dougan, Gordon ^a   Frankel, Gad ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN CFC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; DESCENDING COLON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0038687776     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03470.x     Document Type: Article

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