A variety of bacterial pili involved in horizontal gene transfer

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3243-3245

  Filloux, Alain ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA TRANSFER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PIL GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954358344     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00424-10     Document Type: Note

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