A region of the transmembrane regulatory protein ToxR that tethers the transcriptional activation domain to the cytoplasmic membrane displays wide divergence among vibrio species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 526-528

  Osorio, Carlos R ^a,b   Klose, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSACTIVATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0033988967     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.526-528.2000     Document Type: Article

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