Genome-wide analysis and literature-based survey of lipoproteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2597-2607

  Remans, Kim ^a   Vercammen, Ken ^a   Bodilis, Josselin ^b   Cornelis, Pierre ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PORIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77956376824     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.040659-0     Document Type: Review

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