A sensor of the two-component system CpxA affects expression of the type III secretion system through posttranscriptional processing of InvE

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-113

  Mitobe, Jiro ^a   Arakawa, Eiji ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN CPXA; PROTEIN INVE; PROTEIN IPAB; PROTEIN VIRF; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSOR; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REGULATOR; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASES; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 11144303602     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.1.107-113.2005     Document Type: Article

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