Isolation and characterization of Vibrio tubiashii outer membrane proteins and determination of a toxR homolog

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 907-911

  Jean Gilles Beaubrun, J ^a,b   Kothary, M H ^b   Curtis, S K ^b   Flores, N C ^b   Eribo, B E ^a   Tall, B D ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCING; MALTOPORIN PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS (OMPS); SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; GROWTH KINETICS; POLYACRYLATES; PROTEINS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

DODECYL SULFATE; MALTOPORIN LIKE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OMPU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPU GENE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXR GENE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO TUBIASHII;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO;

VIBRIO TUBIASHII;

EID: 38949128496     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02052-07     Document Type: Article

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