Interactions between the lipoprotein PilP and the secretin PilQ in Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5716-5727

  Balasingham, Seetha V ^a,b   Collins, Richard F ^c   Assalkhou, Reza ^a,b   Homberset, Håvard ^a,b   Frye, Stephan A ^a,b   Derrick, Jeremy P ^c   Tønjum, Tone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PILP; PROTEIN PILQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; DELETION MUTANT; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PILP GENE; PILQ GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEPTICEMIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SECRETIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 34547628213     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00060-07     Document Type: Article

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