The major outer sheath protein (Msp) of Treponema denticola has a bipartite domain architecture and exists as periplasmic and outer membrane-spanning conformers

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2060-2071

  Anand, Arvind ^a   Luthra, Amit ^a   Edmond, Maxwell E ^a   Ledoyt, Morgan ^a   Caimano, Melissa J ^a   Radolf, Justin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR OUTER SHEATH PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PERIPLASM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84876178833     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00078-13     Document Type: Article

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