Characterization of the Moraxella catarrhalis Opa-like protein, OlpA, reveals a phylogenetically conserved family of outer membrane proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-82

  Brooks, Michael J ^a   Laurence, Cassie A ^b   Hansen, Eric J ^b   Gray Owen, Scott D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Medical Sciences Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OLPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MOUSE; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA;

EID: 33845922179     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00788-06     Document Type: Article

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