Identification of an EF-Tu protein that is periplasm-associated and processed in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2481-2489

  Porcella, Stephen F ^a   Belland, R J ^b   Judd, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

EF Tu; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Processing; tufA

Indexed keywords

CYANOGEN BROMIDE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0029764472     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2481     Document Type: Article

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