The platform protein is essential for type IV pilus biogenesis

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 9721-9728

  Takhar, Herlinder K ^a   Kemp, Kevin ^a   Kim, Melissa ^a   Howell, P Lynne ^b,c   Burrows, Lori L ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; VECTOR CONTROL (ELECTRIC MACHINERY);

AFFINITY PURIFICATION; C-TERMINAL DOMAINS; CYTOPLASMIC DOMAINS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INNER MEMBRANES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD-TYPE PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PILB; PROTEIN PILC; PROTEIN PILT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

EID: 84875973097     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.453506     Document Type: Article

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