Structure and protein-protein interaction studies on Chlamydia trachomatis protein CT670 (YscO homolog)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2746-2756

  Lorenzini, Emily ^a   Singer, Alexander ^b   Singh, Bhag ^a   Lam, Robert ^c   Skarina, Tatiana ^b   Chirgadze, Nickolay Y ^b,c   Savchenko, Alexei ^b   Gupta, Radhey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CT091 PROTEIN; CT665 PROTEIN; CT667 PROTEIN; CT668 PROTEIN; CT669 PROTEIN; CT670 PROTEIN; CT671 PROTEIN; CT672 PROTEIN; CT673 PROTEIN; DIMER; MONOMER; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YCOO PROTEIN; YSCP PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; YSCO PROTEIN, YERSINIA PESTIS;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEL FILTRATION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77952560704     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01479-09     Document Type: Article

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