The VC1777-VC1779 proteins are members of a sialic acid-specific subfamily of TRAP transporters (SiaPQM) and constitute the sole route of sialic acid uptake in the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2158-2167

  Chowdhury, Nityananda ^a   Norris, Jessica ^b   McAlister, Erin ^b   Kathy Lau, S Y ^b   Thomas, Gavin H ^b   Fidelma Boyd, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACID; TRIPARTITE ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE INDEPENDENT PERIPLASMIC TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; NANA GENE; NANE GENE; NANK GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLERA; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84865640881     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.059659-0     Document Type: Article

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