Pho signal transduction network reveals direct transcriptional regulation of one two-component system by another two-component regulator: Bacillus subtilis PhoP directly regulates production of ResD

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 943-953

  Birkey, Stephanie M ^a,b   Liu, Wei ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Duggan, Mary Fran ^a   Hulett, F Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; HEME; PHOSPHATE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL FUNCTION; ENERGY; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHATES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031739510     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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