Suppressor analysis reveals a role for secY in the secA2-dependent protein export pathway of mycobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4456-4465

  Ligon, Lauren S ^a   Rigel, Nathan W ^a,c   Romanchuk, Artur ^a   Jones, Corbin D ^a,b   Braunstein, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN SECA; PROTEIN SECA2; RNA; SECY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84885437611     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00630-13     Document Type: Article

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