pH-dependent activation of the BarA-UvrY two-component system in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8303-8306

  Mondragón, Verónica ^a   Franco, Bernardo ^a   Jonas, Kristina ^b   Suzuki, Kazushi ^c   Romeo, Tony ^c   Melefors, Öjar ^b   Georgellis, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN BARA; PROTEIN CSRB; PROTEIN CSRC; PROTEIN UVRY; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BARA GENE; BIOFILM; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UVRY GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33751563309     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01052-06     Document Type: Article

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