Neglected but amazingly diverse type IVb pili

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 659-673

  Roux, Nicolas ^a   Spagnolo, Jennifer ^a   De Bentzmann, Sophie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

BFP; Flp pilus; R64 plasmid; TCP; Type IVb pilus

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; HOST FACTOR; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PILIN;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IVB PILI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84870738200     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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