Haemophore-mediated signal transduction across the bacterial cell envelope in Serratia marcescens: The inducer and the transported substrate are different molecules

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1467-1480

  Rossi, Maria Silvia ^a   Paquelin, Annick ^a   Ghigo, Jean Marc ^a   Wandersman, Cécile ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISIGMA FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; EXTRA CYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION SIGMA FACTOR; HEME; HEMOPHORE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN HASR; SIDEROPHORE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEME; HEMOGLOBINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0038236453     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03516.x     Document Type: Article

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