The Campylobacter jejuni PhosS/PhosR operon represents a non-classical phosphate-sensitive two-component system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 278-291

  Wösten, Marc M S M ^a   Parker, Craig T ^b   Van Mourik, Andries ^a   Guilhabert, Magalie R ^b   Van Dijk, Linda ^a   Van Putten, Jos P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHATE-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 33748663070     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05372.x     Document Type: Article

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