Two independent pathways for self-recognition in Proteus mirabilis are linked by type VI-dependent export

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Wenren, Larissa M ^a   Sullivan, Nora L ^a,b   Cardarelli, Lia ^a   Septer, Alecia N ^a   Gibbs, Karine A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; IDR GENE; IDS GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; TERRITORIALITY; TSS GENE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 84883417406     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00374-13     Document Type: Article

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