Involvement of T6 pili in biofilm formation by serotype M6 streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 804-812

  Kimura, Keiji Richard ^a   Nakata, Masanobu ^a   Sumitomo, Tomoko ^a   Kreikemeyer, Bernd ^b   Podbielski, Andreas ^b   Terao, Yutaka ^a   Kawabata, Shigetada ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; FCTX PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; SRTB PROTEIN; TRYPSIN; TRYPSIN RESISTANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; T6 PILUS; WILD TYPE;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 84857066718     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06283-11     Document Type: Article

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