Influence of deletions within domain II of exotoxin A on its extracellular secretion from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 4051-4058

  Voulhoux, Romé ^a   Taupiac, Marie Pierre ^b   Czjzek, Mirjam ^c   Beaumelle, Bruno ^b   Filloux, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS and Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; EXOTOXINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PERIPLASM; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

EID: 0033917666     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.14.4051-4058.2000     Document Type: Article

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