The biochemical properties of the Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI)-encoded proteins IglA, IglB, IglC, PdpB and DotU suggest roles in type VI secretion

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3483-3491

  de Bruin, Olle M ^a   Duplantis, Barry N ^a   Ludu, Jagjit S ^a   Hare, Rebekah F ^b   Nix, Eli B ^a   Schmerk, Crystal L ^a   Robb, Craig S ^a   Boraston, Alisdair B ^a   Hueffer, Karsten ^b   Nano, Francis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOTU PROTEIN; IGLA PROTEIN; IGLB PROTEIN; IGLC PROTEIN; NANOTUBE; PDPB PROTEIN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUCROSE GRADIENT; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM;

CELL MEMBRANE; FRANCISELLA; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 82555195543     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.052308-0     Document Type: Article

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