Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoU, a toxin transported by the type III secretion system, kills Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4144-4150

  Rabin, Shira D P ^a   Hauser, Alan R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTEIN EXOU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0037634093     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.4144-4150.2003     Document Type: Article

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