Chaperone-independent folding of type 1 pilus domains

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 322, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 827-840

  Vetsch, Michael ^a   Sebbel, Peter ^a   Glockshuber, Rudi ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pilus assembly; Pilus chaperones; Protein folding; Protein stability; Type 1 pili

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; LECTIN; PILIN; PROTEIN FIMH; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036392235     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00845-8     Document Type: Article

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