A novel family of channel-forming, autotransporting, bacterial virulence factors

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 113-123

  Loveless, Brian J ^a   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotransporter domain; Channel; Gram negative bacteria; Outer membrane; Phylogenetic tree; Protein transport; Virulence factor; barrel

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; EVOLUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030688998     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687689709048171     Document Type: Article

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