Molecular characterization of exploitation of the polyubiquitination and farnesylation machineries of Dictyostelium discoideum by the AnkB F-box effector of Legionella pneumophila

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2011, Pages

  Al Quadan, Tasneem ^a   Kwaik, Yousef Abu ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dot Icm; Farnesyl; Prenylation; SCF1; Skp1

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355167522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00023     Document Type: Article

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