Specific control of endogenous cCF10 pheromone by a conserved domain of the pCF10-encoded regulatory protein PrgY in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 4830-4843

  Chandler, Josephine R ^a   Flynn, Aron R ^a   Bryan, Edward M ^a,b   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MONOGRAM BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPTAPEPTIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN CPD1; PROTEIN PCF10; PROTEIN PRGY; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL INTERACTION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HORMONAL REGULATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PCF10 GENE; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRGY GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERNATANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOMO SAPIENS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 21844463033     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.4830-4843.2005     Document Type: Article

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