Regulation of type IV fimbrial biogenesis in Dichelobacter nodosus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4801-4811

  Parker, Dane ^a   Kennan, Ruth M ^a   Myers, Garry S ^b   Paulsen, Ian T ^b   Songer, J Glenn ^c   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOGENESIS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME RELEASE; FIMA GENE; FIMBRIA; FOOT ROT; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS;

EID: 33745463532     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00255-06     Document Type: Article

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