Studies on colicin B translocation: FepA is gated by TonB

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 441-453

  Devanathan, Surendranathan ^a,b   Postle, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLICIN B; CYSTEINE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; EXBB PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN EXBD; PROTEIN FEPA; PROTEIN TONB; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOENGINEERING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLICINS; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34447339934     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05808.x     Document Type: Article

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