The archetype Pseudomonas aeruginosa proteins TssB and TagJ form a novel subcomplex in the bacterial type VI secretion system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-456

  Lossi, Nadine S ^a   Manoli, Eleni ^a   Simpson, Pete ^a   Jones, Cerith ^a   Hui, Kailyn ^a   Dajani, Rana ^a,c   Coulthurst, Sarah J ^b   Freemont, Paul ^a   Filloux, Alain ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TAGJ; PROTEIN TSSB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TAGJ GENE; TSSB GENE; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84867474737     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08204.x     Document Type: Article

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