YopT, a new Yersinia Yop effector protein, affects the cytoskeleton of host cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 915-929

  Iriarte, Maite ^b   Cornelis, Guy R ^a,b  

^a Microbial Pathogenesis Unit

^b DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CYCLIC AMP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL ADHESION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MUTANT; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; YERSINIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PEYER'S PATCHES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA;

EID: 0031880899     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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