Identification of an additional member of the secretin superfamily of proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa that is able to function in type II protein secretion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1235-1246

  Martínez, Alejandro ^a,b   Ostrovsky, Paula ^a   Nunn, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN XQHA; SECRETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 0031776687     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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