The Cpx two-component signal transduction pathway is activated in Escherichia coli mutant strains lacking phosphatidylethanolamine

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1029-1034

  Mileykovskaya, Eugenia ^a   Dowhan, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031039158     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1029-1034.1997     Document Type: Article

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