TolC-dependent secretion of an ankyrin repeat-containing protein of Rickettsia typhi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4920-4932

  Kaur, Simran J ^a   Sayeedur Rahman, M ^a   Ammerman, Nicole C ^a,c   Beier Sexton, Magda ^a   Ceraul, Shane M ^a   Gillespie, Joseph J ^a,b   Azada, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RARP 1; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANKYRIN REPEAT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866386279     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00793-12     Document Type: Article

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