A Francisella virulence factor catalyses an essential reaction of biotin synthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-314

  Feng, Youjun ^a,b   Napier, Brooke A ^c   Manandhar, Miglena ^a   Henke, Sarah K ^a   Weiss, David S ^c   Cronan, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BIOJ PROTEIN; BIOTIN; HISTIDINE; HYDROLASE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCISELLA; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; FRANCISELLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOTIN; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HISTIDINE; HYDROLASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SERINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84891956554     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12460     Document Type: Article

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