Integration of multiple domains in a two-component sensor protein: The Bordetella pertussis BvgAS phosphorelay

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1028-1036

  Uhl, M Andrew ^a   Miller, Jeff F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bordetella; BvgAS; Phosphorylation; Signal transduction; Two component systems

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SENSOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 0029871035     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00440.x     Document Type: Article

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