The Cpx envelope stress response is controlled by amplification and feedback inhibition

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5263-5272

  Raivio, Tracy L ^a   Popkin, Daniel L ^a,b   Silhavy, Thomas J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRESS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032851357     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5263-5272.1999     Document Type: Article

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