Predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 requires type IV pili

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4850-4859

  Evans, Katy J ^a   Lambert, Carey ^a   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PILA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIL GENE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BDELLOVIBRIO; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; IVA; PILA;

EID: 34347379743     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01942-06     Document Type: Article

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