YscP and YscU switch the substrate specificity of the Yersinia type III secretion system by regulating export of the inner rod protein YscI

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4252-4262

  Wood, Sarah E ^a,b   Jin, Jin ^a   Lloyd, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN E; YSCI PROTEIN; YSCP PROTEIN; YSCU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; YERSINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; YERSINIA;

EID: 44949221276     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00328-08     Document Type: Article

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