The 5' region of cnf1 harbours a translational regulatory mechanism for CNF1 synthesis and encodes the cell-binding domain of the toxin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 108-118

  Fabbri, A ^a,b   Gauthier, M ^a   Boquet, P ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CODON; CYTOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033065155     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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