The c-type cytochrome OmcA localizes to the outer membrane upon heterologous expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5127-5131

  Donald, James W ^a,c   Hicks, Matthew G ^a,b   Richardson, David J ^b   Palmer, Tracy ^c  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; IRON; METAL; OMCA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; OMCA GENE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEWANELLA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS;

EID: 47249116228     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00395-08     Document Type: Article

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