Topology and membrane interaction of Helicobacter pylori ComB proteins involved in natural transformation competence

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 293, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 153-165

  Hofreuter, Dirk ^a,b   Karnholz, Arno ^a   Haas, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

H. pylori; Protease digestion; Shuttle mutagenesis; TnMax6; TnMax9; Type IV secretion system

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPID; PROTEIN COMB10; PROTEIN COMB4; PROTEIN COMB7; PROTEIN COMB8; PROTEIN COMB9; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0038786972     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00258     Document Type: Article

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