A tale of two pili: Assembly and function of pili in bacteria

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 224-232

  Kline, Kimberly A ^a   Dodson, Karen W ^a   Caparon, Michael G ^a   Hultgren, Scott J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CHAPERONE; SORTASE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW;

FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77952549113     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2010.03.002     Document Type: Review

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