DjlA negatively regulates the Rcs signal transduction system in Escherichia coli

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Shiba, Yasuhiro ^a   Matsumoto, Kouji ^a   Hara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidic phospholipid; DjlA; Escherichia coli; Membrane derived oligosaccharide; Rcs signal transduction system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DJL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HSP40 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645762508     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 13417568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.81.51     Document Type: Article

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