CapE, a 47-amino-acid peptide, is necessary for Bacillus anthracis polyglutamate capsule synthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 7765-7772

  Candela, Thomas ^a   Mock, Michèle ^a   Fouet, Agnès ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN CAPA; PROTEIN CAPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAPE GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PGSE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPERON; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SYNTENY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 27744595455     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.22.7765-7772.2005     Document Type: Article

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