The ctp type IVb pilus locus of Agrobacterium tumefaciens directs formation of the common pili and contributes to reversible surface attachment

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 2979-2988

  Wang, Yi ^a   Haitjema, Charles H ^a,b   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTP TYPE IVB GENE; CTPCD GENE; CTPE GENE; CTPF GENE; CTPH GENE; CTPI GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 84901043253     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01670-14     Document Type: Article

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