RrgA and RrgB are components of a multisubunit pilus encoded by the Streptococcus pneumoniae rlrA pathogenicity islet

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2453-2456

  LeMieux, Julianna ^a   Hava, David L ^a,b   Basset, Alan ^a,c   Camilli, Andrew ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN RRGA; PROTEIN RRGB; PROTEIN RRGC; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL SORTING SIGNAL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; RLRA ISLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE TIGR4; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33645512064     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2453-2456.2006     Document Type: Article

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