Expression hierarchy in the Yersinia type III secretion system established through YopD recognition of RNA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 966-980

  Chen, Yuqing ^a   Anderson, Deborah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; PROTEIN YOPD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; START CODON; T3SS GENE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 79955741104     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07623.x     Document Type: Article

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