A bioinformatic strategy for the detection, classification and analysis of bacterial autotransporters.

Autotransporters are secreted proteins that are assembled into the outer membrane of bacterial cells. The passenger domains of autotransporters are crucial for bacterial pathogenesis, with some remaining attached to the bacterial surface while others are released by proteolysis. An enigma remains as...

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Main Authors: Nermin Celik, Chaille T Webb, Denisse L Leyton, Kathryn E Holt, Eva Heinz, Rebecca Gorrell, Terry Kwok, Thomas Naderer, Richard A Strugnell, Terence P Speed, Rohan D Teasdale, Vladimir A Likić, Trevor Lithgow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22905239/?tool=EBI