Complex formation and processing of the minor transformation pilins of bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1201-1215

  Mann, Jessica M ^a   Carabetta, Valerie J ^b   Cristea, Ileana M ^c   Dubnau, David ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMG PROTEIN; COMGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PILIN; PREPILIN PEPTIDASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84890120354     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12425     Document Type: Article

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