Macromolecular assembly and secretion across the bacterial cell envelope: Type II protein secretion systems

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 485-499

  Russel, Marjorie ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULASE; DNA FRAGMENT; HYDROLASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; PULLULANASE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOGENESIS; ENZYME RELEASE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0032511192     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1791     Document Type: Review

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