Wzi Is an Outer Membrane Lectin that Underpins Group 1 Capsule Assembly in Escherichia coli

Structure

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 844-853

  Bushell, Simon R ^a   Mainprize, Iain L ^b   Wear, Martin A ^c   Lou, Hubing ^a   Whitfield, Chris ^b   Naismith, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LECTIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LECTINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84877251817     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: 18784186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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