Characterization of sec-translocon-dependent extracytoplasmic proteins of Rickettsia typhi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6234-6242

  Ammerman, Nicole C ^a   Sayeedur Rahman, M ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN LEPB; PROTEIN LSPA; PROTEIN SECA; SEC TRANSLOCON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNET; MAMMAL CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TYPHUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE; VIRULENCE;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 51549110145     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00794-08     Document Type: Article

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