An unorthodox sensor protein (TorS) mediates the induction of the tor structural genes in response to trimethylamine N-oxide in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1297-1306

  Jourlin, Cécile ^a   Bengrine, Abderrahmane ^a   Chippaux, Marc ^a   Méjean, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029941952     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02648.x     Document Type: Article

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