A putative lytic transglycosylase tightly regulated and critical for the EHEC type three secretion

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Yu, Yen Chi ^a   Lin, Ching Nan ^a   Wang, Shao Hung ^b   Ng, Swee Chuan ^a   Hu, Wensi S ^a   Syu, Wan Jr ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LYSATE; CELL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI SECRETED PROTEIN A; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LYTIC TRANSGLYCOSYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESPA PROTEIN, E COLI; GRLA PROTEIN, E COLI; PRIMER DNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETORY PATHWAY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETORY PATHWAY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 77953946505     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-17-52     Document Type: Article

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