Twitching motility is essential for virulence in Dichelobacter nodosus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3323-3335

  Han, Xiaoyan ^a,b,c   Kennan, Ruth M ^a,b,c   Davies, John K ^a,b,c   Reddacliff, Leslie A ^e   Dhungyel, Om P ^d   Whittington, Richard J ^a,d   Turnbull, Lynne ^b,c   Whitchurch, Cynthia B ^b,c   Rood, Julian I ^a,b,c  

^a The Protein Crystallography Unit   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ENZYME RELEASE; FIMA GENE; FIMBRIA; FOOT ROT; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PILT GENE; PILU GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEEP; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FOOT ROT; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHEEP DISEASES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 42549120295     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01807-07     Document Type: Article

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