Functional and computational analysis of amino acid patterns predictive of type III secretion system substrates in pseudomonas syringae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Schechter, Lisa M ^a   Valenta, Joy C ^a   Schneider, David J ^b,c   Collmer, Alan ^c   Sakk, Eric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; AVRPTO PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FTSX PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENTROPY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETION; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENTROPY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO;

EID: 84860477089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036038     Document Type: Article

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