Comparative analysis of the biochemical and functional properties of C-terminal domains of autotransporters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5588-5602

  Marín, Elvira ^a   Bodelón, Gustavo ^a   Fernández, Luis Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTRANSPORTER; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 78049375319     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00432-10     Document Type: Article

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