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E. coliの生殖 パップピリ: papHは,細胞の固定と長さの調節に関与する小ピリンのサブユニットです

M Båga, M Norgren, S Normark

    Cell
    |April 24, 1987
    PubMed
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    エスチェリキア・コライパプチリ生殖は,パプチリを細胞に固定し,その長さを制御する新型遺伝子papHが関与しています. PapH 削除変異体は, pili が細胞から脱離することを示し,その決定的な役割を強調しました.

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