The Legionella pneumophila PilT Homologue DotB Exhibits ATPase Activity That Is Critical for Intracellular Growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1658-1666

  Sexton, Jessica A ^a   Pinkner, Jerome S ^a   Roth, Robyn ^b   Heuser, John E ^b   Hultgren, Scott J ^a   Vogel, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN DOTB; PROTEIN PILT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOENERGY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYDROLYSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUTATION; U937 CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542376968     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1658-1666.2004     Document Type: Article

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