Self-associating autotransporters, SAATs: Functional and structural similarities

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 187-195

  Klemm, Per ^a   Vejborg, Rebecca Munk ^a   Sherlock, Orla ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ag43; AIDA; Autotransporter; Bacterial aggregation; Biofilm; TibA

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; INVASIN; PROTEIN SAAT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33745875356     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.10.002     Document Type: Review

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