YycH regulates the activity of the essential YycFG two-component system in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5419-5426

  Szurmant, Hendrik ^a   Nelson, Kristine ^a   Kim, Eun Ja ^a   Perego, Marta ^a   Hoch, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YYCF PROTEIN; YYCFG PROTEIN; YYCG PROTEIN; YYCH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CELL VIABILITY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GC CONTENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOASSAY; LACZ GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; REPORTER GENE ASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TRANSPOSON; YYCG GENE; YYCH GENE; YYCI GENE; YYCJ GENE; YYCK GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HOMEOSTASIS; OPERON; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 22544460491     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.15.5419-5426.2005     Document Type: Article

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