Identification and characterization of SpcU, a chaperone required for efficient secretion of the ExoU cytotoxin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6224-6231

  Finck Barbançon, Viviane ^a   Yahr, Timothy L ^b   Frank, Dara W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHAPERONE; CYTOTOXIN; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SECRETION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; YERSINIA;

EID: 0031785949     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.23.6224-6231.1998     Document Type: Article

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