Secretion and assembly of regular surface structures in Gram-negative bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-44

  Fernández, Luis Angel ^b   Berenguer, José ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fimbria; Flagellum; Pilus; S layer; Secretion

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0342470998     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(99)00026-1     Document Type: Review

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