Secretion of TcpF by the Vibrio cholerae toxin-coregulated pilus biogenesis apparatus requires an N-terminal determinant

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2718-2727

  Megli, Christina J ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; PILIN; TCPF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84880011506     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01122-12     Document Type: Article

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