Distinct function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pili disclosed in the bacterial pass-through of membrane filter with smaller pore sizes

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-433

  Hasegawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanikawa, Taichiro ^a   Nozawa, Takashi ^a   Nakazawa, Kentaro ^a   Nakagawa, Yoji ^a   Matsuyama, Tohey ^b,c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filter pass through activity; Pilus dependent infiltration; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; FILTRATION; GENE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE FILTER; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PILA GENE; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA TYPE 4;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PILA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34247383991     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03930.x     Document Type: Article

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