Ehrlichia chaffeensis TRP120 interacts with a diverse array of eukaryotic proteins involved in transcription, signaling, and cytoskeleton organization

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4382-4391

  Luo, Tian ^a   Kuriakose, Jeeba A ^a   Zhu, Bing ^a   Wakeel, Abdul ^a   McBride, Jere W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN GAMMA 1; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT 2; GGA1 PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; PCGF5 PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; TRP120 PROTEIN; UNC13D PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTIBODIES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 80052427281     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05608-11     Document Type: Article

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