Determinants of entry exclusion within Eex and TraG are cytoplasmic

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6469-6473

  Marrero, Joeli ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN EEX; TRAG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DNA TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 34548497144     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00522-07     Document Type: Article

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