Products of three accessory genes, pilB, pilC, and pilD, are required for biogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pili
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Genetic and functional characterization of the gene cluster specifying expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pili.
The genetic organization of the gene cluster containing pilA, the structural gene for type IV pilin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as the accessory genes pilB, pilC, and pilD, has been studied. DNA sequences capable of initiating transcription when fused to a promoterless lacZ gene have been identified in the pilA-pilB and pilB-pilC intergenic regions. Unlike pilA, which requires rpoN (enco...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.6.2911-2919.1990