Sinorhizobium meliloti ExoR is the target of periplasmic proteolysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4029-4040

  Lu, Hai Yang ^a,b   Luo, Li ^a   Yang, Meng Hua ^a   Chenga, Hai Ping ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN EXOR; PROTEIN EXOR95; PROTEIN EXOS; SUCCINOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PERIPLASM; PROTEOLYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84866317105     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00313-12     Document Type: Article

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