RcsCDB His-Asp phosphorelay system negatively regulates the flhDC operon in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 823-832

  Francez Charlot, Anne ^a   Laugel, Bruno ^a   Van Gemert, Alice ^a   Dubarry, Nelly ^a   Wiorowski, Florent ^a   Castanié Cornet, Marie Pierre ^a   Gutierrez, Claude ^a   Cam, Kaymeuang ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN RCSA; PROTEIN RCSB; PROTEIN RCSCDB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLHDC GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RCSCDB HISTIDYLASPARTIC ACID PHOSPHORELAY SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0042665860     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03601.x     Document Type: Article

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