Characterization of the sortase repertoire in bacillus anthracis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Aucher, Willy ^a,b   Davison, Sophie ^a,b   Fouet, Agnès ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN GAMR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SORTASE A;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANTHRAX; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CELL WALL; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTANT CHIMERIC PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80455156265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027411     Document Type: Article

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