Antagonistic effects of dual PTS-catalysed phosphorylation on the Bacillus subtilis transcriptional activator LevR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-303

  Martin Verstraete, Isabelle ^a   Charrier, Véronique ^b   Stülke, Jörg ^a   Galinier, Anne ^b   Erni, Bernhard ^c   Rapoport, Georges ^a   Deutscher, Josef ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUTANT; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031943540     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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