The twin-arginine translocation pathway of Mycobacterium smegmatis is functional and required for the export of mycobacterial β-lactamases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 7667-7679

  McDonough, Justin A ^a   Hacker, Kari E ^a   Flores, Anthony R ^b   Pavelka Jr , Martin S ^b   Braunstein, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN BLAC; PROTEIN BLAS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE DELETION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 27744493918     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.22.7667-7679.2005     Document Type: Article

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