Transcriptional activation of the tad type IVb pilus operon by PypB in Yersinia enterocolitica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3809-3821

  Schilling, Jennifer ^a   Wagner, Karin ^a   Seekircher, Stephanie ^a   Greune, Lilo ^a   Humberg, Verena ^a   Schmidt, M Alexander ^a   Heusipp, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN; PILIN FLP IVB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOCUS TAD; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYPB BACTERIAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 77954398801     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01672-09     Document Type: Article

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