F-like type IV secretion systems encode proteins with thioredoxin folds that are putative DsbC homologues

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 8267-8277

  Elton, Trevor C ^a   Holland, Samantha J ^a   Frost, Laura S ^a   Hazes, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; DSBA PROTEIN; DSBB PROTEIN; DSBC PROTEIN; DSBD PROTEIN; DSBG PROTEIN; HTDT PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT DNA; THIOREDOXIN; TRBB PROTEIN; TRHF PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; DSBA GENE; DSBC GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HTDT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRAF GENE; TRBB GENE; TRHF GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 28844446587     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.24.8267-8277.2005     Document Type: Article

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