Crystal Structure of the Vibrio cholerae Colonization Factor TcpF and Identification of a Functional Immunogenic Site

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-158

  Megli, Christina J ^a   Yuen, Alex S W ^b   Kolappan, Subramaniapillai ^b   Richardson, Malcolm R ^a   Dharmasena, Madushini N ^a   Krebs, Shelly J ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a   Craig, Lisa ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bacterial colonization; cholera; diarrheal disease; protein structure; secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 13; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TOXIN COREGULATED PILUS F; TOXIN COREGULATED PILUS F ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WILD TYPE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79955879281     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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