EhRho1, a RhoA-like GTPase of Entamoeba histolytica, is modified by clostridial glucosylating cytotoxins

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7842-7848

  Majumder, Shubhra ^a   Schmidt, Gudula ^b   Lohia, Anuradha ^a   Aktories, Klaus ^b  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENZYMES; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CLOSTRIDIAL GLUCOSYLATING CYTOTOXINS; ENTAMOEBA; GLUCOSYLATION; THREONINE RESIDUES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALANINE; ALPHA TOXIN; CARBON 14; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN EHRHO1; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; THREONINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID; ENDOPARASITE; ENZYME; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33845523302     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01826-06     Document Type: Article

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