Structural predictions of AgfA, the insoluble fimbrial subunit of Salmonella thin aggregative fimbriae

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 741-756

  Collinson, S K ^a   Parker, J M R ^b   Hodges, R S ^b   Kay, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AgfA; Fimbrin; Salmonella; SEF17; Thin aggregative fimbriae

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEINASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TANDEM REPEAT; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

AGFA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0032788736     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2882     Document Type: Article

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