TprC/D (Tp0117/131), a trimeric, pore-forming rare outer membrane protein of Treponema pallidum, has a bipartite domain structure

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2321-2333

  Anand, Arvind ^a   Luthra, Amit ^a   Dunham Ems, Star ^a   Caimano, Melissa J ^a,c   Karanian, Carson ^c   LeDoyt, Morgan ^a   Cruz, Adriana R ^b   Salazar, Juan C ^a,c   Radolf, Justin D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^c Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPICOLINIC ACID; LIPOSOME; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE K; TERBIUM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84861213325     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00101-12     Document Type: Article

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