Functional characterization of the type III secretion substrate specificity switch protein HpaC from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2998-3011

  Schulz, Steve ^a   Büttner, Daniela ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HPAC PROTEIN; HRCU PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS VESICATORIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 79961111633     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00180-11     Document Type: Article

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