Conditional mutations in OutE and OutL block exoenzyme secretion across the Erwinia carotovora outer membrane

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-102

  Housby, J Nicholas ^a,b   Thomas, Joanna D ^a   Wharam, Susan D ^a,c   Reeves, Philip J ^a,d   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CYTOCELL LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erwinia; Exoenzyme; General secretory pathway; OutE; OutL

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME RELEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CELLULASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

ERWINIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0032146272     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00253-5     Document Type: Article

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