Influence of Bacillus subtilis phoR on cell wall anionic polymers

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 947-956

  Müller, Jörg P ^a,b   An, Zhidong ^a,c   Merad, Tarek ^a,d   Hancock, Ian C ^a   Harwood, Colin R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NONE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Histidine sensor kinase; Phosphate stress; Response regulator; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; POLYMER; PROTEIN KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

EID: 0141742610     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-947     Document Type: Article

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