Francisella tularensis ripa protein topology and identification of functional domains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1474-1484

  Mortensen, Brittany L ^a   Fuller, James R ^a   Taft Benz, Sharon ^a   Collins, Edward J ^a   Kawula, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; OLIGOMER; RIPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PERIPLASM; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84857935950     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06327-11     Document Type: Article

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