Polar assembly of the type IV pilus secretin in Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-29

  Nudleman, Eric ^a,b   Wall, Daniel ^a,c   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECRETIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL STIMULATION; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECIPIENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PILI, SEX; SECRETIN; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEDYOTIS MANNII; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33644848512     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05095.x     Document Type: Article

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