Aggregation of mycobacteria caused by disruption of fibronectin-attachment protein-encoding gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-234

  Miyamoto, Yuji ^a   Mukai, Tetsu ^a   Takeshita, Fumihiko ^a   Nakata, Noboru ^a   Maeda, Yumi ^a   Kai, Masanori ^a   Makino, Masahiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibronectin attachment protein; Gene disruption; Mycobacterium smegmatis

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CONGO RED; FIBRONECTINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 3142648863     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.05.047     Document Type: Article

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