Demonstration by mass spectrometry that purified native Treponema pallidum rare outer membrane protein 1 (Tromp1) has a cleaved signal peptide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 5094-5098

  Blanco, David R ^a   Whitelegge, Julian P ^a   Miller, James N ^a   Lovett, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TROMP1; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0032838293     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.5094-5098.1999     Document Type: Article

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