Phosphorylated BvgA is sufficient for transcriptional activation of virulence-regulated genes in Bordetella pertussis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 102-109

  Steffen, Pierre ^a   Goyard, Sophie ^a   Ullmann, Agnes ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bordetella virulence genes; BvgA phosphorylationlin; RNA polymerase; Vitro transcription

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 0030045823     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00338.x     Document Type: Article

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