Identification and characterization of KvgAS, a two-component system in Klebsiella pneumoniae CG43

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Lai, Yi Chyi ^a   Lin, Ging Ting ^b   Yang, Shu Li ^a   Chang, Hwan You ^a   Peng, Hwei Ling ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Histidine kinase; Klebsiella gene; Response regulator; Two component system

Indexed keywords

2,2' BIPYRIDINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PARAQUAT; PROTEIN KVGAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; PERITONITIS; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037458144     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01120-5     Document Type: Article

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