Cellular location of polyamine transport protein PotD in Streptococcus pneumoniae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-237

  Shah, Pratik ^a   Marquart, Mary ^a   Quin, Lisa R ^a   Swiatlo, Edwin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Lipoprotein; Polyamines; PotD; Streptococcus penumoniae

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; POLYAMINE; POLYAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEIN POTD; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYAMINES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33746570641     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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