Structural and functional roles of the surface-exposed loops of the β- barrel membrane protein OmpA from Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3688-3694

  Koebnik, Ralf ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SUBTILISIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033052932     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3688-3694.1999     Document Type: Article

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