The inner membrane subassembly of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli bundle-forming pilus machine

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-79

  Crowther, Lynette J ^a   Anantha, Ravi P ^a   Donnenberg, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BFPC; PROTEIN BFPD; PROTEIN BFPE; PROTEIN BFPF; PROTEIN TFPS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOGENESIS; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1942424083     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2003.03963.x     Document Type: Article

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