Type IV pili in gram-positive bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-341

  Melville, Stephen ^a   Craig, Lisa ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PILIN; PREPILIN PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN PILB1; PROTEIN PILB2; PROTEIN PILT; SECRETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TWITCHING MOTILITY; TYPE IV PILI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884520507     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00063-12     Document Type: Review

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