tonB3 is required for normal twitching motility and extracellular assembly of type IV pili

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4387-4389

  Huang, Bixing ^a,b   Ru, Kelin ^a   Yuan, Zheng ^a   Whitchurch, Cynthia B ^a,c   Mattick, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM PILUS TYPE IV; CELL MOTILITY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TONB3 GENE; TWITCHING MOTILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 3042523082     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4387-4389.2004     Document Type: Article

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