Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion: Evidence for the ability to transport proteins that are folded prior to secretion

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Wilharm, Gottfried ^a   Lehmann, Verena ^a,b   Neumayer, Wibke ^a   Trček, Janja ^a,c   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c Limnos   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHOTREXATE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4844231569     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-4-27     Document Type: Article

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