Phosphorylation of myosin light chain at distinct sites and its association with the cytoskeleton during enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2368-2370

  Manjarrez Hernandez, H Angel ^a,d   Baldwin, Tom J ^b,e   Williams, Peter H ^b   Haigh, Richard ^b   Knutton, Stuart ^c   Aitken, Alastair ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING SITE; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0029976562     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2368-2370.1996     Document Type: Article

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