Localization of a critical interface for helical rod formation of bacterial adhesion P-pili

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-20

  Mu, Xiang Qi ^a   Jiang, Zhenghui G ^a   Bullitt, Esther ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial adhesion; electron microscopy; fimbriae; helical filament; pili

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; MONOMER; P PILI PROTEIN; PILIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 12344320456     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.11.037     Document Type: Article

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