Membrane topology of the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Group B O-antigen translocase Wzx

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-84

  Cunneen, Monica M ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Membrane topology; O antigen; Wzx

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUSION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOA GENE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; O ANTIGENS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 50949087837     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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