Functional characterization of NopT1 and NopT2, two type III effectors of Bradyrhizobium japonicum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-77

  Fotiadis, Christos T ^a   Dimou, Maria ^a   Georgakopoulos, Dimitrios G ^a   Katinakis, Panagiotis ^a   Tampakaki, Anastasia P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease; Effector protein; Myristoylation; Palmitoylation; Type III secretion

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; NOPT1 PROTEIN; NOPT2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPROTEOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; NOPT1 GENE; NOPT2 GENE; PLANT CELL; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84855480269     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02466.x     Document Type: Article

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