Molecular characterization of the Salmonella typhi StpA protein that is related to both Yersinia YopE cytotoxin and YopH tyrosine phosphatase

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-26

  Arricau, N ^a   Hermant, D ^a   Waxin, H ^a   Popoff, M Y ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

chaperone; cytotoxin YopE; nucleotide sequence; ORF; protein StpA; S. typhimurium; Salmonella typhi; sipA; sipF; stpA; tyrosine phosphatase YopH; virulence; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; YERSINIA;

EID: 0031053944     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)81896-7     Document Type: Article

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