A novel class of secreted hydrophobic proteins is involved in aerial hyphae formation in Streptomyces coelicolor by forming amyloid-like fibrils

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1714-1726

  Claessen, Dennis ^a   Rink, Rick ^a,c   De Jong, Wouter ^a   Siebring, Jeroen ^a   De Vreugd, Peter ^a   Boersma, F G Hidde ^a   Dijkhuizen, Lubbert ^a   Wösten, Han A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Biomade Technology Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerial hyphae; Amyloid; Chaplins; Streptomycetes; Surface activity; Surface protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CHPA; PROTEIN CHPB; PROTEIN CHPC; PROTEIN CHPD; PROTEIN CHPE; PROTEIN CHPF; PROTEIN CHPG; PROTEIN CHPH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AIR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; SURFACE TENSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCINEAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038004458     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.264303     Document Type: Article

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