Signal sequence and alanine-rich region of streptococcal protein antigen A of Streptococcus sobrinus can direct localization of alkaline phosphatase to the periplasm of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-21

  Holt, Robert G ^a   Raju, Latha ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein localization; SpaA protein; Streptococcus sobrinus

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

ALANINE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0033954498     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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