Analysis of the pilU gene for the prepilin peptidase involved in the biogenesis of type IV pili encoded by plasmid R64

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 273, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 350-359

  Akahane, K ^a   Sakai, D ^b   Furuya, N ^a   Komano, T ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Membrane topology; pilU prepilin peptidase; Plasmid R64; Type IV pilus

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; PEPTIDASE; PREPILIN PEPTIDASE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUSION GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE COMPONENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; R FACTORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 23744489452     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-005-1143-8     Document Type: Article

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