Bacterial SLH domain proteins are non-covalently anchored to the cell surface via a conserved mechanism involving wall polysaccharide pyruvylation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 4473-4484

  Mesnage, Stéphane ^a   Fontaine, Thierry ^b   Mignot, Tâm ^b   Delepierre, Muriel ^b   Mock, Michèle ^b   Fouet, Agnès ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Cell wall; Pyruvate; SLH motifs; Surface targeting

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 0034283014     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.17.4473     Document Type: Article

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