Domain organization and molecular characterization of 13 two-component systems identified by genome sequencing of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Gene

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 223-234

  Lange, Roland ^a   Wagner, Christian ^a   De Saizieu, Antoine ^a   Flint, Nicholas ^a   Molnos, Juliette ^a   Stieger, Martin ^a   Caspers, Patrick ^a   Kamber, Markus ^a   Keck, Wolfgang ^a   Amrein, Kurt E ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Essential gene; Response regulator; Sensor kinase

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032854781     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00266-8     Document Type: Article

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