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Microbial pathogenesis and tyrosine dephosphorylation: surprising‘bedfellows'
Author(s) -
Clemens J. C.,
Guan K.,
Bliska J. B.,
Falkow S.,
Dixon J. E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb01970.x
Subject(s) - biology , dephosphorylation , protein tyrosine phosphatase , phosphatase , tyrosine , pathogenesis , function (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , phosphorylation , virology , immunology , biochemistry
Summary The importance of parasite‐directed phosphatases in such diseases as smallpox and the bubonic plague emphasizes the need to understand the molecular events associated with normal function of protein tyrosine phosphatase in eukaryotic cells.