The long and the short of bacterial adhesion regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-328

  Thanassi, David G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHA ADHESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650910267     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01345-10     Document Type: Note

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