Transmembrane topology and histidine protein kinase activity of AgrC, the agr signal receptor in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 655-662

  Lina, Gerard ^a   Jarraud, Sophie ^a   Ji, Guangyong ^b   Greenland, Timothy ^c   Pedraza, Alicia ^b   Etienne, Jerome ^a   Novick, Richard P ^b   Vandenesch, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Hop Cardiologique Louis Pradel   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCTAPEPTIDE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031959577     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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