External loops at the C terminus of Erwinia chrysanthemi pectate lyase C are required for species-specific secretion through the out type II pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1431-1437

  Lindeberg, Magdalen ^a,c   Boyd, Carol M ^b   Keen, Noel T ^b   Collmer, Alan ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PECTATE LYASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0031891275     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1431-1437.1998     Document Type: Article

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