A small protein that mediates the activation of a two-component system by another two-component system

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1861-1872

  Kox, Linda F F ^a   Wösten, Marc M S M ^a   Groisman, Eduardo A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnesium; PhoP PhoQ; PmrA PmrB; Signal transduction; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0342424729     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.8.1861     Document Type: Article

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