The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi type IVB self-association pili are detached from the bacterial cell by the PilV minor pilus proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5414-5418

  Tam, Connie K P ^a,c   Morris, Christina ^a   Hackett, Jim ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b University of California ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN PILS; PROTEIN PILV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALMONELLA DUBLIN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 33748076140     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00172-06     Document Type: Article

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