The extended signal peptide of the trimeric autotransporter EmaA of aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans modulates secretion

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6983-6994

  Jiang, X ^a   Ruiz, T ^b   Mintz, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMINO ACID; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; MONOMER; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MUTATION; PASTEURELLACEAE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84855823920     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05813-11     Document Type: Article

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