Biogenesis and adhesion of type 1 and P pili

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1840, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2783-2793

  Lillington, James ^a   Geibel, Sebastian ^a   Waksman, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Donor strand exchange; Macromolecular machine; Pilicides; Pilus; Usher

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHAPERONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CTD1 PROTEIN; CTD2 PROTEIN; FIMC PROTEIN; FIMD PROTEIN; FIMG PROTEIN; FIMH PROTEIN; MANNOSIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE USHER PROTEIN; PILICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM PILUS TYPE 1; BACTERIUM PILUS TYPE P; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHAPERONE; DONOR-STRAND EXCHANGE; MACROMOLECULAR MACHINE; PILICIDES; PILUS; USHER;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84903740815     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.04.021     Document Type: Review

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