Characterization of the ArsRS regulon of Helicobacter pylon, involved in acid adaptation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3449-3462

  Pflock, Michael ^a   Finsterer, Nadja ^a   Joseph, Biju ^a   Mollenkopf, Hans ^b   Meyer, Thomas F ^c   Beier, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Abteilung Molekulare Biologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; GASTRITIS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; ROCF GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; REGULON; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33646581347     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.10.3449-3462.2006     Document Type: Article

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