Functional analysis of the twin-arginine translocation pathway in sodalis glossinidius, a bacterial symbiont of the tsetse fly

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1132-1134

  Vooght, Linda De ^a   Caljon, Guy ^a,b,c   Coosemans, Marc ^a   Abbeele, Jan Van Den ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS; PERIPLASM; TAT SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSLOCATION PATHWAY; TRIMETHYLAMINE N OXIDES; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCATIONS;

ARGININE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS;

AMINO ACIDS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; N DEMETHYLASE; TRIMETHYLAMINE DEHYDROGENASE; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCASE COMPLEX, E COLI; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCASE COMPLEX, E COLI;

BACTERIUM; PROTEIN; SYMBIONT; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING; SYMBIOSIS; TSETSE FLIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLOSSINA (GENUS); SODALIS GLOSSINIDIUS;

EID: 79551489027     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02379-10     Document Type: Article

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