Structural and Topographical Studies of the Type IV Bundle-Forming Pilus Assembly Complex of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6695-6701

  Hwang, Jaiweon ^a   Bieber, David ^a,c   Ramer, Sandra W ^a,d   Wu, Cheng Yen ^a   Schoolnik, Gary K ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BUNDLE FORMING PILUS; CROSS LINKING; CYTOPLASM; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL POLARITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPERON; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242575007     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6695-6701.2003     Document Type: Article

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