A component of the Xanthomonadaceae type IV secretion system combines a VirB7 motif with a N0 domain found in outer membrane transport proteins

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Souza, Diorge P ^a   Andrade, Maxuel O ^a   Alvarez Martinez, Cristina E ^a   Arantes, Guilherme M ^a   Farah, Chuck S ^a   Salinas, Roberto K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB7 PROTEIN; VIRB9 PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; X RAY; XANTHOMONADACEAE; XANTHOMONAS CITRI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SWEET ORANGE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOMONADACEAE; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CITRUS SINENSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 79958062185     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002031     Document Type: Article

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