Structural and functional studies of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli type III needle complex protein EscJ

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1658-1670

  Crepin, Valérie F ^a   Prasannan, Sunil ^a   Shaw, Rob K ^b   Wilson, Rebecca K ^a   Creasey, Elizabeth ^a   Abe, Cecilia M ^b   Knutton, Stuart ^b   Frankel, Gad ^a   Matthews, Steve ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 15944376254     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04508.x     Document Type: Article

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