Domain organization and evolution of multifunctional autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin (MARTX) toxin in vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 657-668

  Roig, Francisco J ^a   González Candelas, Fernando ^b,c   Amaro, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPECIES; AUTOCATALYTIC; AUTOPROCESSING; CYSTEINE PROTEASE; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; TYPE II; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METABOLITES; PROTEINS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; PROTEIN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTORHABDUS ASYMBIOTICA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 79551476590     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01806-10     Document Type: Article

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