The tip of the hydrophobic hairpin of colicin U is dispensable for colicin U activity but is important for interaction with the immunity protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4111-4115

  Pilsl, Holger ^a,b   Šmajs, David ^a,c   Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Mikrobiologie/Membranphysiologie   (Germany)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLICIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHIGELLA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031829888     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4111-4115.1998     Document Type: Article

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