LcrQ/YscM1, regulators of the Yersinia yop virulon, are injected into host cells by a chaperone-dependent mechanism

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-273

  Cambronne, Eric D ^a   Cheng, Luisa W ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033943054     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01974.x     Document Type: Article

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