Mutations affecting the α subunit of Bordetella pertussis RNA polymerase suppress growth inhibition conferred by short C-terminal deletions of the response regulator BvgA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2484-2492

  Stibitz, Scott ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031980237     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2484-2492.1998     Document Type: Article

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