Mutation of aromatic amino acid residues located at the amino- and carboxy-termini of Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin Ip reduces the efficiency of the toxin to cross the outer membrane

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 481-488

  Yamanaka, Hiroyasu ^a   Okamoto, Keinosuke ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Heat stable enterotoxin; Outer membrane; Secretion

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0033920834     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02523.x     Document Type: Article

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