Novel class of mutations of pilS mutants, encoding plasmid R64 type IV prepilin: Interface of PilS-PilV interactions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1202-1208

  Shimoda, Eriko ^a   Muto, Tatsuya ^a   Horiuchi, Takayuki ^a,b   Furuya, Nobuhisa ^a   Komano, Teruya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Neo Morgan Laboratory Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GLYCINE; PEPTIDASE; PILIN; PILS PILIN; PILV ADHESIN; PREPILIN; PREPILIN PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN PILU; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILS GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GLYCINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 38949108710     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01204-07     Document Type: Article

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