An expanding universe of small proteins

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Hobbs, Errett C ^a   Fontaine, Fanette ^a   Yin, Xuefeng ^a,b   Storz, Gisela ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; CHAPERONE; LANTIBIOTIC; NISIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHENOL SOLUBLE MODULIN PEPTIDE; PROTEIN ACRZ; PROTEIN COMX; PROTEIN FBPC; PROTEIN KDPF; PROTEIN MCIZ; PROTEIN MGRB; PROTEIN MGTR; PROTEIN MNTS; PROTEIN PETG; PROTEIN PETN; PROTEIN SDA; PROTEIN SGRT; PROTEIN SPORULATION KILLING FACTOR; PROTEIN SPOVM; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79954623270     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.01.007     Document Type: Review

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