Molecular and functional characterization of type I signal peptidase from Legionella pneumophila

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1475-1483

  Lammertyn, Elke ^a   Van Mellaert, Lieve ^a   Meyen, Eef ^a   Lebeau, Ilya ^a   De Buck, Emmy ^a   Anné, Josef ^a   Geukens, Nick ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 (ACETOXYETHYL)PENEM 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; PENEM DERIVATIVE; RIBONUCLEASE III; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST; IN VIVO STUDY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942558574     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26973-0     Document Type: Article

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