Maturation and secretion of the non-typable Haemophilus influenzae HMW1 adhesin: Roles of the N-terminal and C-terminal domains

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-67

  Grass, Susan ^a   St Geme III, Joseph W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADHESIN; AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034034907     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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