Points mutations in the transmembrane domain of DjlA, a membrane-linked DnaJ-like protein, abolish its function in promoting colanic acid production via the Rcs signal transduction pathway

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 933-944

  Clarke, David J ^a   Holland, I B ^a   Jacq, Annick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; COLANIC ACID; DJLA PROTEIN, E COLI; DNAJ PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 40; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN KINASE; RCSB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RCSB PROTEIN, E COLI; RCSC PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RCSC PROTEIN, E COLI; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOPLASM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP40 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; POINT MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030609138     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1997.mmi528.x     Document Type: Article

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