Secretion of early and late substrates of the type III secretion system from Xanthomonas is controlled by HpaC and the C-terminal domain of HrcU

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 447-467

  Lorenz, Christian ^a   Büttner, Daniela ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HPAC; PROTEIN HPB2; PROTEIN HRCU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PEPPER; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; XANTHOMONAS VESICATORIA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 78651104189     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07461.x     Document Type: Article

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