Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion chaperone SycD: Recombinant expression, purification and characterization of a homodimer

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-182

  Schmid, Annika ^a   Dittmann, Svea ^a   Grimminger, Valerie ^b   Walter, Stefan ^b   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a   Wilharm, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chaperone; LcrH; SycD; T3SS; Type three secretion; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33748768715     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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