Selection and characterization of Yersinia pestis YopN mutants that constitutively block Yop secretion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 970-987

  Ferracci, Franco ^a   Schubot, Florian D ^b   Waugh, David S ^b   Plano, Gregory V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHAPERONE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PROTEIN SYNCN; PROTEIN TYEA; PROTEIN YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN; PROTEIN YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN N; PROTEIN YSCB; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CARRIER PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EUKARYOTA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 23744437504     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04738.x     Document Type: Article

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