C-terminal WxL domain mediates cell wall binding in Enterococcus faecalis and other gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1244-1253

  Brinster, Sophie ^a   Furlan, Sylviane ^a   Serror, Pascale ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN WXL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CELL WALL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; LISTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33846926952     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00773-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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