EscI: A crucial component of the type III secretion system forms the inner rod structure in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 442, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-125

  Sal Man, Neta ^a   Deng, Wanyin ^a   Finlay, B Brett ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC); Inner rod; Pathogenesis; Secretin; Substrate specificity switch; Type III secretion system (T3SS)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCC PROTEIN; ESCI PROTEIN; ESCU PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECRETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84856247471     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20111620     Document Type: Article

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