Biological roles of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae type IV pilus proteins encoded by the pil and com operons

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1927-1933

  Carruthers, Michael D ^a   Tracy, Erin N ^a   Dickson, Amanda C ^a   Ganser, Kara B ^a   Munson, Robert S ^a   Bakaletz, Lauren O ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PILIN; PILIN A; PILIN B; PILIN C; PILIN D; PROTEIN COM A; PROTEIN COM B; PROTEIN COM C; PROTEIN COM D; PROTEIN COM E; PROTEIN COM F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC CODE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONTYPEABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PILA;

EID: 84861213715     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06540-11     Document Type: Article

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