Lipoproteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An abundant and functionally diverse class of cell envelope components

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 645-659

  Sutcliffe, Iain C ^a   Harrington, Dean J ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Genome; Lipoprotein; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Periplasm; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

BIOINFORMATICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 7944226058     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.06.002     Document Type: Review

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