The Agrobacterium tumefaciens virB7 gene product, a proposed component of the T-complex transport apparatus, is a membrane-associated lipoprotein exposed at the periplasmic surface

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3156-3167

  Fernandez, David ^a   Dang, Tu Anh T ^a   Spudich, Giulietta M ^a   Zhou, Xue Rong ^a   Berger, Barbara R ^a   Christie, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GENE PRODUCT; GLOBOMYCIN; LIPOPROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029941238     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3156-3167.1996     Document Type: Article

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