Autotransporter passenger proteins: Virulence factors with common structural themes

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-458

  Nishimura, Kaoru ^a   Tajima, Nami ^a   Yoon, Young Ho ^a   Park, Sam Yong ^a   Tame, Jeremy R H ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Pathogen; Secretion; Serine protease; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A PROTEASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PERTACTIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE; PROTEIN HBP; PROTEIN SEPA; THREONINE; TRYPTASE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VALINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SHIGELLA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

EID: 77954562990     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-010-0600-y     Document Type: Review

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