Membrane localization of the ToxR winged-helix domain is required for TcpP-mediated virulence gene activation in Vibrio cholerae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1459-1473

  Crawford, J Adam ^a,c   Krukonis, Eric S ^a   DiRita, Victor J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN OMPT; PROTEIN OMPU; PROTEIN TCPP; PROTEIN TOXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ALLELES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PERIPLASM; PORINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0037340113     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03398.x     Document Type: Article

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