Architectures and biogenesis of non-flagellar protein appendages in Gram-negative bacteria

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2271-2280

  Fronzes, Remi ^a   Remaut, Han ^a   Waksman, Gabriel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogenesis; Fimbriae; Pilus; Secretion system

Indexed keywords

PILIN;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 51049118119     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.155     Document Type: Review

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