Type IV pilin proteins: Versatile molecular modules

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 740-772

  Giltner, Carmen L ^a   Nguyen, Ylan ^a   Burrows, Lori L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FLAGELLIN; PILIN; PROTEIN PILA; PROTEIN PILA1; PROTEIN PILA2; PROTEIN PILB; PROTEIN PILO; PROTEIN PILS; PROTEIN PILT; PROTEIN PILU; PROTEIN PILV; PROTEIN PILX; PROTEIN T4A; PROTEIN T4B; PROTEIN TFPO; PSEUDOPILIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TYPE IV PILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BDELLOVIBRIO; BETA SHEET; BIOFILM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DICHELOBACTER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; HOST CELL; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORAXELLA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PILI, SEX; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84870671751     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00035-12     Document Type: Review

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