Kingella kingae expresses type IV pili that mediate adherence to respiratory epithelial and synovial cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7157-7163

  Kehl Fie, Thomas E ^a,b   Miller, Sara E ^b   St Geme III, Joseph W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PILIN; PROTEIN PILA; PROTEIN PILC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHROMOSOME; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; KINGELLA KINGAE; NEISSERIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNOVIOCYTE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KINGELLA KINGAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KINGELLA KINGAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; PILA;

EID: 55749114074     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00884-08     Document Type: Article

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