Glycosylation of DsbA in Francisella tularensis subsp. Tularensis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5498-5509

  Thomas, Rebecca M ^a   Twine, Susan M ^b   Fulton, Kelly M ^b   Tessier, Luc ^b   Kilmury, Sara L N ^b   Ding, Wen ^b   Harmer, Nicholas ^c   Michell, Stephen L ^c   Oyston, Petra C F ^a   Titbal, Richard W ^c   Prior, Joann L ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DSBA PROTEIN; HYDRONIUM ION; PILA PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE LOCUS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT DISORDER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. TULARENSIS; MURINAE;

EID: 80052523346     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00438-11     Document Type: Article

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