ExsB, an unusually highly phosphorylated protein required for the stable attachment of the exosporium of Bacillus anthracis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1527-1538

  McPherson, Sylvia A ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Kearney, John F ^a   Turnbough Jr , Charles L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BXPC PROTEIN; COTB 1 PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EXSB PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL EXOSPORE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; THREONINE;

EID: 77953519134     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07182.x     Document Type: Article

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