Epitope tagging analysis of the outer membrane folding of the molecular usher FaeD involved in K88 fimbriae biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-325

  Harms, Nellie ^a   Oudhuis, Wendy C ^a   Eppens, Eleonora A ^a   Valent, Quido A ^a   Koster, Margot ^b   Luirink, Joen ^a   Oudega, Bauke ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FAED PROTEIN, E COLI; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; K88 ANTIGEN, E COLI; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MYC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0033223439     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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