The C-terminal portion of the tail fiber protein of bacteriophage lambda is responsible for binding to LamB, its receptor at the surface of Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 508-512

  Wang, Jiang ^a   Hofnung, Maurice ^a   Charbit, Alain ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MALTOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIRAL TAIL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033985920     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.508-512.2000     Document Type: Article

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