E. coli chaperones DnaK, Hsp33 and Spy inhibit bacterial functional amyloid assembly

Prion

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-334

  Evans, Margery L ^a   Schmidt, Jens C ^a   Ilbert, Marianne ^a   Doyle, Shannon M ^b   Quan, Shu ^a   Bardwell, James C A ^a   Jakob, Ursula ^a   Wickner, Sue ^b   Chapman, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaperone; CsgA; Curli; DnaK; Functional amyloid; Hsp33; Spy

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CSGA PROTEIN; HSP33 PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN DNAK; SPY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; ENUCLEATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 83755207416     PISSN: 19336896     EISSN: 1933690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/pri.5.4.18555     Document Type: Article

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