Oms38 is the first identified pore-forming protein in the outer membrane of relapsing fever spirochetes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7035-7042

  Thein, Marcus ^a   Bunikis, Ignas ^b   Denker, Katrin ^c   Larsson, Christer ^b   Cutler, Sally ^d   Drancourt, Michel ^e   Schwan, Tom G ^f   Mentele, Reinhard ^g   Lottspeich, Friedrich ^g   Bergström, Sven ^b   Benz, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; HYDROXYAPATITE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OMS38; PORIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BETA SHEET; BORRELIA; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; BORRELIA TURICATAE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; BORRELIA TURICATAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PORINS; RELAPSING FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 55749105171     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00818-08     Document Type: Article

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