Campylobacter fetus surface layer proteins are transported by a type I secretion system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6450-6458

  Thompson, Stuart A ^a   Shedd, Omer L ^a   Ray, Kevin C ^a   Beins, Michael H ^a   Jorgensen, Jesse P ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0032425549     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6450-6458.1998     Document Type: Article

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