PilJ localizes to cell poles and is required for type IV pilus extension in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Current Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 389-395

  Delange, Paul A ^a   Collins, Tracy L ^a   Pierce, George E ^b   Robinson, Jayne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

PilJ; Pseudomonas; Twitching motility; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PILJ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TWITCHING MOTILITY; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 35148836845     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-9008-5     Document Type: Article

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