Direct visualization of the interaction between pilin and exopolysaccharides of Myxococcus xanthus with eGFP-fused PilA protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-30

  Hu, Wei ^a,b   Yang, Zhe ^a   Lux, Renate ^a   Zhao, Minglei ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,b   He, Xuesong ^a   Shi, Wenyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Exopolysaccharides; Fruiting body; Type IV pilin

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PILA PROTEIN; PILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUITING BODY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PILA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 83055186653     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02430.x     Document Type: Article

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