VirK is a periplasmic protein required for efficient secretion of plasmid-encoded toxin from enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2276-2285

  Tapia Pastrana, Gabriela ^a   Chavez Dueñas, Lucia ^a   Lanz Mendoz, Humberto ^c   Teter, Ken ^b   Navarro García, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PLASMID ENCODED TOXIN; PORIN; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84864818874     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00167-12     Document Type: Article

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