Enzymatic methylation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis heparin-binding haemagglutinin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-150

  Host, Hélène ^a,b,c   Drobecq, Hervé ^c,d   Locht, Camille ^a,b,c   Menozzi, Franco D ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c IFR142   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Methylation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEPARIN BINDING HEMAGGLUTININ; HEPARIN BINDING PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RADIOENZYMATIC ASSAY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LECTINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33846978445     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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