Attacin - an insect immune protein - binds LPS and triggers the specific inhibition of bacterial outer-membrane protein synthesis

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2179-2188

  Carlsson, Anette ^a   Nyström, Thomas ^b   De Cock, Hans ^c   Bennich, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attacin; Escherichia coli; Lipopolysaccharide; Outer membrane proteins; Stress protein induction

Indexed keywords

ATTACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYALOPHORA CECROPIA;

EID: 0031710678     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-8-2179     Document Type: Article

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