Activation of PAK by a bacterial type III effector EspG reveals alternative mechanisms of GTPase pathway regulation

Small GTPases

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 217-221

  Selyunin, Andrey S ^a   Alto, Neal M ^a  

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

Author keywords

EHEC; EPEC; EspFU; EspG; N WASP; PAK; Toxin; Type III effector; WASP

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HOMODIMER; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR ESPFU; VIRULENCE FACTOR ESPG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053294770     PISSN: 21541248     EISSN: 21541256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.2.4.16704     Document Type: Article

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