Autotransporters of Escherichia coli: A sequence-based characterization

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2459-2469

  Wells, Timothy J ^a   Totsika, Makrina ^a   Schembri, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AUTOTRANSPORTER; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE PROTEASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77955371675     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.039024-0     Document Type: Article

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