The genome of the amoeba symbiont "candidatus amoebophilus asiaticus" encodes an afp-like prophage possibly used for protein secretion

Virulence

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-545

  Penz, Thomas ^a   Horn, Matthias ^a   Schmitz Esser, Stephan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Amoebophilus asiaticus; Bacteroidetes; Endosymbiont; Serratia entomophila antifeeding prophage; Type six secretion system

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; F BOX PROTEIN; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; UBIQUITIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (GENUS); ANTIFEEDING PROPHAGE GENE; ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS AMOEBOPHILUS ASIATICUS; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; HOST CELL; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SERRATIA; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (GENUS); BACTEROIDETES; CANDIDATUS AMOEBOPHILUS ASIATICUS; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA; SERRATIA ENTOMOPHILA;

EID: 79251523486     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.1.6.13800     Document Type: Article

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