ClpXP degrades SsrA-tagged proteins in streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2894-2898

  Ahlawat, Sarita ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CLPXP PROTEASE, E COLI; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; TMRNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 65249124519     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01715-08     Document Type: Article

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