Structure-function analysis of the HrpB2-HrcU interaction in the Xanthomonas citri type III secretion system

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Cappelletti, Paola A ^a   dos Santos, Rafael Freitas ^a   do Amaral, Alexandre M ^b,c   Homem, Rafael Augusto ^c   dos Santos Souza, Thaís ^a   Machado, Marcos A ^c   Farah, Chuck S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN HRCU; PROTEIN HRPB2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HRCU GENE; HRPB2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WILD TYPE; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SECRETION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOSOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 79952399950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017614     Document Type: Article

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