Effects of F-encoded components and F-pilin domains on the synthesis and membrane insertion of TraA′-′PhoA fusion proteins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1277-1286

  Paiva, William D ^a,b   Silverman, Philip M ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PILI, SEX; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRIXIS;

EID: 0029897999     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02472.x     Document Type: Article

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