Negative regulation of Bacillus anthracis sporulation by the Spo0E family of phosphatases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2637-2645

  Bongiorni, Cristina ^a   Stoessel, Ricarda ^a   Perego, Marta ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTYL PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE SENSOR KINASE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SPO0E; RAP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE PAIRING; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34147140342     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01798-06     Document Type: Article

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