Mutations in DivL and CckA rescue a divJ null mutant of Caulobacter crescentus by reducing the activity of CtrA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2473-2482

  Pierce, Deanne L ^a   O'Donnol, Danielle S ^a,b   Allen, Rebecca C ^a   Javens, June W ^a   Quardokus, Ellen M ^a   Brun, Yves V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CTRA; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CCKA GENE; CELL DIVISION; DIVJ GENE; DIVL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 33645220774     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.7.2473-2482.2006     Document Type: Article

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