FppA, a novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa prepilin peptidase involved in assembly of type IVb pili

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4851-4860

  De Bentzmann, Sophie ^a   Aurouze, Marianne ^a   Ball, Geneviève ^a   Filloux, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN FPPA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLP GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RCP GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAD GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IVA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33745467867     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00345-06     Document Type: Article

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