Molecular analysis of genes in Nostoc punctiforme involved in pilus biogenesis and plant infection

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4547-4551

  Duggan, Paula S ^a   Gottardello, Priscila ^a,b   Adams, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NPF0069 PROTEIN; NPR0117 PROTEIN; NPR2800 PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SYMBIONT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NOSTOC; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME;

EID: 34250371383     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01927-06     Document Type: Article

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