Genetic evidence for histidine kinase HP165 being an acid sensor of Helicobacter pylori

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-61

  Pflock, Michael ^a   Dietz, Patricia ^a,b   Schär, Jennifer ^a   Beier, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BIOMED R/T   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid induced transcription; Helicobacter pylori; Response regulator; Two component system

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE KINASE HP165; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOSENSOR; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UREA GENE;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 1942502327     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.03.023     Document Type: Article

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