Identification of ZipA, a signal recognition particle-dependent protein from Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2122-2130

  Du, Ying ^a   Arvidson, Cindy Grove ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ZIPA; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0037377853     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.7.2122-2130.2003     Document Type: Article

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