Assembly of pili in Gram-positive bacteria

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 228-234

  Ton That, Hung ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SORTASE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER PHOTOGOMINUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM PILUS; CATALYSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ENZYME MECHANISM; FIMBRIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS;

ACTINOMYCES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER PHOTOGONIMOS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS;

EID: 2042470134     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2004.03.004     Document Type: Review

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