Type IV fimbrial biogenesis is required for protease secretion and natural transformation in Dichelobacter nodosus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 5022-5033

  Han, Xiaoyan ^a   Kennan, Ruth M ^a   Parker, Dane ^a   Davies, John K ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIMBRIA PROTEIN; PROTEIN FIMA; PROTEIN FIMN; PROTEIN FIMO; PROTEIN FIMP; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEINASE; SECRETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APRV2 GENE; APRV5 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOGENESIS; BPRV GENE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FIMBRIA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PILQ GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34447520502     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00138-07     Document Type: Article

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