Pasteurellaceae ComE1 proteins combine the properties of fibronectin adhesins and DNA binding competence proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Mullen, Lisa M ^a   Bossé, Janine T ^e   Nair, Sean P ^a   Ward, John M ^b   Rycroft, Andrew N ^c   Robertson, Giles ^d   Langford, Paul R ^e   Henderson, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FIBRONECTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN COME1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLACEAE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PASTEURELLACEAE; POSIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; PASTEURELLACEAE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 58049195711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003991     Document Type: Article

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