The type 2 secretion pseudopilin, gspJ, is required for multihost pathogenicity of Burkholderia cenocepacia AU1054

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4110-4121

  Somvanshi, Vishal S ^a,b   Viswanathan, Poorna ^a,b   Jacobs, Janette L ^b   Mulks, Martha H ^a,b   Sundin, George W ^b   Ciche, Todd A ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC METALLOPROTEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GSPJ GENE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TYPE 2 SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MUTATION; ONIONS; PLANT DISEASES; RHIZOCTONIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77957741622     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00558-10     Document Type: Article

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