Mutational and topological analysis of the Escherichia coli BamA protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Browning, Douglas F ^a   Matthews, Sophie A ^a   Rossiter, Amanda E ^a   Sevastsyanovich, Yanina R ^a   Jeeves, Mark ^a   Mason, Jessica L ^a   Wells, Timothy J ^a   Wardius, Catherine A ^a   Knowles, Timothy J ^a   Cunningham, Adam F ^a   Bavro, Vassiliy N ^a   Overduin, Michael ^a   Henderson, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84893452711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084512     Document Type: Article

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