Minor pilins of the type IV pilus system participate in the negative regulation of swarming motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 5388-5403

  Kuchma, S L ^a   Griffin, E F ^a   O'Toole, G A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC DI GMP; CYCLIC GMP; PILIN; PILW PROTEIN; PILX PROTEIN; POLYHISTIDINE TAG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CILIARY MOTILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NEGATIVE REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SWARMING MOTILITY; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYCLIC GMP; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PILA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84868004933     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00899-12     Document Type: Article

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