Amino acid changes in elongation factor Tu of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium influence fibronectin binding

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3533-3541

  Balasubramanian, Sowmya ^a   Kannan, T R ^a   Hart, P John ^a,b   Baseman, Joel B ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FIBRONECTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FIBRONECTINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TROPISM;

EID: 69049083513     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00081-09     Document Type: Article

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