The PprA-PprB two-component system activates CupE, the first non-archetypal Pseudomonas aeruginosa chaperone-usher pathway system assembling fimbriae

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 666-683

  Giraud, Caroline ^a   Bernard, Christophe S ^a   Calderon, Virginie ^b   Yang, Liang ^c   Filloux, Alain ^a   Molin, Søren ^c   Fichant, Gwennaele ^b   Bordi, Christophe ^a   De Bentzmann, Sophie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UPS   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79952085920     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02372.x     Document Type: Article

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