The physical basis of type 4 pilus-mediated microcolony formation by Vibrio cholerae O1

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Jude, Brooke A ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^b  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Diarrhea; Toxin co regulated pilus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; COLONY FORMATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROCESSES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79956210276     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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