Autotransporter proteins: Novel targets at the bacterial cell surface

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-172

  Wells, Timothy J ^a   Tree, Jai J ^a   Ulett, Glen C ^a   Schembri, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antigen 43; Autotransporter protein; Biofilm; Pertactin

Indexed keywords

ADHESION AND PENETRATION PROTEIN; ANTIGEN 43; AUTOTRANSPORTER PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PERTACTIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547857405     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00833.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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