Regulation and function of Ag43 (flu)

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-169

  Van Der Woude, Marjan W ^a   Henderson, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autotransporter; Biofilm; Escherichia coli; Outer membrane protein; Pathogenesis; Phase variation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN 43; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OXYR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGN43 GENE; ALLELE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53849143302     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.62.081307.162938     Document Type: Review

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