Expression of a functional secreted YopN-TyeA hybrid protein in Yersinia pestis is the result of a +1 translational frameshift event

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 5160-5166

  Ferracci, Franco ^a   Day, James B ^a,b   Ezelle, Heather J ^a   Plano, Gregory V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHAPERONE; DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 3242750578     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.15.5160-5166.2004     Document Type: Article

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