Role of the propilin leader peptide in the maturation of F pilin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3748-3754

  Majdalani, Nadim ^a,b   Moore, Deanna ^a   Maneewannakul, Sumit ^a,c   Ippen Ihler, Karin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHAPERONE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029884294     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3748-3754.1996     Document Type: Article

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