Structure and electrophysiological properties of the YscC secretin from the type III secretion system of Yersinia enterocolitica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4645-4654

  Burghout, Peter ^a   Van Boxtel, Ria ^a   Van Gelder, Patrick ^b   Ringler, Philippe ^c   Müller, Shirley A ^c   Tommassen, Jan ^a   Koster, Margot ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN YSCC; PROTEINASE; SECRETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILIZATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; LIPID BILAYERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PORINS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMO; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 3042812521     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.14.4645-4654.2004     Document Type: Article

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