Structural basis for the secretion of evpc: A key type vi secretion system protein from edwardsiella tarda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Jobichen, Chacko ^a   Chakraborty, Smarajit ^a   Li, Mo ^a   Zheng, Jun ^a   Joseph, Lissa ^a   Mok, Yu Keung ^a   Leung, Yin Kin ^b   Sivaraman, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; PROTEIN EVPC; PROTEIN HCP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77958517967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012910     Document Type: Article

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