Article
Identification of a gene, pilF, required for type 4 fimbrial biogenesis and twitching motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Gene - 21 Nov 1996
Watson A A, Alm R A, Mattick J S
Abstract excerpt
Many bacterial pathogens produce a class of surface structures called type 4 fimbriae. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa these fimbriae are responsible for adhesion and translocation across host epithelial surfaces. We have identified a novel gene involved in the complex process of type 4 fimbrial biogen...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Bacterial
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Genome, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Movement
- Mutation
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid