The 'P-usher', a novel protein transporter involved in fimbrial assembly and TpsA secretion

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2669-2680

  Ruer, Ségolène ^a   Ball, Geneviève ^a   Filloux, Alain ^a,b   De Bentzmann, Sophie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaperone usher pathway; Fimbriae; POTRA; Pseudomonas; Type Vb secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CUPB1; PROTEIN CUPB3; PROTEIN CUPB5; PROTEIN POTRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 54349103449     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.197     Document Type: Article

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