The Yersinia Yop virulon: Lcr V is required to extrusion of the translocators YopB and YopD

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1207-1214

  Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a,c   Neyt, Cécile ^a   Stainier, Isabelle ^a   Cornelis, Guy R ^a,b  

^a International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM PROTEIN LCRV; CARRIER PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN YOPB; CARRIER PROTEIN YOPD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0031885218     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1207-1214.1998     Document Type: Article

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