Disparate subcellular localization patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus ATPases involved in twitching motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 829-839

  Chiang, Poney ^b   Habash, Marc ^b   Burrows, Lori L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PILIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHIMERA; CILIARY MOTILITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUTANT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AEURUGINOSA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PILA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 13244258306     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.3.829-839.2005     Document Type: Article

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