Heterologous assembly of type IV pili by a type II secretion system reveals the role of minor pilins in assembly initiation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 805-818

  Cisneros, David A ^a,b,c,d   Pehau Arnaudet, Gerard ^a,b   Francetic, Olivera ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PILIN; PILIN PPDD; PSEUDOPILIN PULG; PULLULANASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; PPDAB GENE; PPDC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PULG GENE; PULHIJK GENE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; YGDB GENE;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84871761814     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12033     Document Type: Article

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