The minor pilin subunit Sgp2 is necessary for assembly of the pilus encoded by the srtG cluster of Streptococcus suis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 822-831

  Okura, Masatoshi ^a   Osaki, Makoto ^a   Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^b,e   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^b   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^c   Takamatsu, Daisuke ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PILIN; PROTEIN SGP1; PROTEIN SGP2; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79551470230     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01555-09     Document Type: Article

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