Molecular and structural analysis of Legionella DotI gives insights into an inner membrane complex essential for type IV secretion

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kuroda, Takuya ^a   Kubori, Tomoko ^b   Thanh Bui, Xuan ^b   Hyakutake, Akihiro ^b   Uchida, Yumiko ^a   Imada, Katsumi ^a   Nagai, Hiroki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEGIONELLA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84930632021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10912     Document Type: Article

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