From self sufficiency to dependence: Mechanisms and factors important for autotransporter biogenesis

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-225

  Leyton, Denisse L ^a,b   Rossiter, Amanda E ^a   Henderson, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TYPE V SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84857148914     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2733     Document Type: Review

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