A dominant-negative needle mutant blocks type III secretion of early but not late substrates in Yersinia

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 236-259

  Davis, Alison J ^a   De Jesús Díaz, Dennise A ^a   Mecsas, Joan ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN; YOP SECRETION PROTEIN E; YOP SECRETION PROTEIN F; YOP SECRETION PROTEIN G; YOP SECRETION PROTEIN N; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; YSCG PROTEIN, YERSINIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SECRETION (PROCESS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77950228938     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07096.x     Document Type: Article

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