Fluorescence assays for F-pili and their application

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3541-3548

  Daehnel, Katrin ^a,b   Harris, Robin ^a   Maddera, Lucinda ^a   Silverman, Philip ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA PHAGES;

ALEXA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 27744587418     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28159-0     Document Type: Article

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