Pseudomonas aeruginosa defends against phages through type IV pilus glycosylation

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 47-52

  Harvey, Hanjeong ^a   Bondy Denomy, Joseph ^b   Marquis, Hélène ^b,c   Sztanko, Kristina M ^b   Davidson, Alan R ^b,c   Burrows, Lori L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN; POLYSTYRENE; VIRAL PROTEIN; ARABINOFURANOSE; ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BINDING SITE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRAL PLAQUE ASSAY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS STRAIN; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES; VIRAL TAIL PROTEINS;

EID: 85033555424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0061-y     Document Type: Article

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