Assembly and role of pili in group B streptococci

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1401-1413

  Dramsi, Shaynoor ^a   Caliot, Elise ^a   Bonne, Isabelle ^a   Guadagnini, Stéphanie ^a   Prévost, Marie Christine ^a   Kojadinovic, Mila ^a   Lalioui, Lila ^a   Poyart, Claire ^a,b   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PILIN; SORTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOGENESIS; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATOR GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 33744485570     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05190.x     Document Type: Article

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