Characterisation of a large family of polymorphic collagen-like proteins in the endospore-forming bacterium Pasteuria ramosa

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 701-714

  McElroy, Kerensa ^a   Mouton, Laurence ^b   Du Pasquier, Louis ^c   Qi, Weihong ^d   Ebert, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS CENTER ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterial proteins; Collagen; Daphnia; Pasteuria; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; LYSINE; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 10; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 11; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 11A; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 14; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 15; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 16; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 19; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 2; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 20; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 24; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 27; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 28; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 29; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 3; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 30; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 31; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 4; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 5; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 6; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 7; PASTEURIA RAMOSA COLLAGEN LIKE PROTEIN 9; PROLINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA;

EID: 79960891656     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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