Analysis of the amino acid sequence specificity determinants of the enterococcal cCF10 sex pheromone in interactions with the pheromone-sensing machinery

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1399-1406

  Fixen, Kathryn R ^a,b   Chandler, Josephine R ^a,c   Le, Thinh ^a   Kozlowicz, Briana K ^a,d   Manias, Dawn A ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN PRGX; RECEPTOR PROTEIN PRGZ; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CCF10 GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHEROMONES;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 33846919802     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01226-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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