Of linkers and autochaperones: An unambiguous nomenclature to identify common and uncommon themes for autotransporter secretion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Drobnak, Igor ^a,h   Braselmann, Esther ^a,i   Chaney, Julie L ^a   Leyton, Denisse L ^b   Bernstein, Harris D ^c   Lithgow, Trevor ^d   Luirink, Joen ^e,f   Nataro, James P ^g   Clark, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Abera Bioscience AB   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h ACIES BIO D O O   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84919339863     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12838     Document Type: Review

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