The Yersinia pestis YscY protein directly binds YscX, a secreted component of the type III secretion machinery

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1834-1843

  Day, James B ^a   Plano, Gregory V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DELETION MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0034065897     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1834-1843.2000     Document Type: Article

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