Structural homology between the C-terminal domain of the PapC usher and its plug

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1824-1831

  Ford, Bradley ^a   Rêgo, Ana Toste ^b   Ragan, Timothy J ^c   Pinkner, Jerome ^a   Dodson, Karen ^a   Driscoll, Paul C ^c   Hultgren, Scott ^a   Waksman, Gabriel ^b,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; PAPC USHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PORINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77949702875     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01677-09     Document Type: Article

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