The structure of the outer membrane protein OmpX from Escherichia coil reveals possible mechanisms of virulence

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1301-1309

  Vogt, Joachim ^a   Schulz, Georg E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial defense system; Coordination sphere; Integral membrane protein; OmpX; Platinum; X ray analysis; barrel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033570111     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)80063-5     Document Type: Article

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