Mechanism of actin filament nucleation by the bacterial effector VopL

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1068-1074

  Yu, Bingke ^a,b   Cheng, Hui Chun ^a,b   Brautigam, Chad A ^a   Tomchick, Diana R ^a   Rosen, Michael K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; MONOMER; PROTEIN VOPL; PROTEIN WH2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; STRESS FIBER; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 80052491300     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2110     Document Type: Article

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