Identification, subcellular localization and functional interactions of PilMNOWQ and PilA4 involved in transformation competency and pilus biogenesis in the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3261-3272

  Rumszauer, Judit ^a   Schwarzenlander, Cornelia ^a   Averhoff, Beate ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pilus biogenesis; Thermus thermophilus; Transformation competency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SONICATION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEDYOTIS MANNII; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33745614951     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05335.x     Document Type: Article

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