The stability of cytadherence proteins in Mycoplasma pneumoniae requires activity of the protein kinase PrkC

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 184-192

  Schmidl, Sebastian R ^a   Gronau, Katrin ^b   Hames, Claudine ^a   Busse, Julia ^a   Becher, Dörte ^b   Hecker, Michael ^b   Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTADHERENCE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 73449134487     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00958-09     Document Type: Article

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