Erwinia carotovora DsbA mutants: Evidence far a periplasmic-stress signal transduction system affecting transcription of genes encoding secreted proteins

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1945-1958

  Vincent Sealy, Lois V ^a,b   Thomas, Joanna D ^a,c   Commander, Paul ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erwinia carotovora; Exoenzymes; General secretory pathway; Motility; Secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELLULASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PECTATE LYASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ERWINIA CAROTOVORA;

EID: 0032844501     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-8-1945     Document Type: Article

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