The muramidase EtgA from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is required for efficient type III secretion

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1145-1160

  García Gómez, Elizabeth ^a   Espinosa, Norma ^a   de la Mora, Javier ^a   Dreyfus, Georges ^a   González Pedrajo, Bertha ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BFPH ENZYME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ETGA ENZYME; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; KANAMYCIN; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYSIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIOLYSIS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953670211     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.045617-0     Document Type: Article

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