Evidence that KpsT, the ATP-binding component of an ATP-binding cassette transporter, is exposed to the periplasm and associates with polymer during translocation of the polysialic acid capsule of Escherichia coli K1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1400-1403

  Bliss, Joseph M ^a   Silver, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; POLYMER; POLYSIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031039494     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1400-1403.1997     Document Type: Article

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