A novel proline-rich protein, EspF, is secreted from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli via the type III export pathway

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-78

  McNamara, Barry P ^a   Donnenberg, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC); HEp 2 cell; Proline rich protein; Protein phosphorylation; Secreted protein; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROLINE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031711022     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00313-9     Document Type: Article

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