The pneumococcal two-component signal transduction system RR/HK06 regulates CbpA and PspA by two distinct mechanisms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5591-5600

  Standish, Alistair J ^a   Stroeher, Uwe H ^a   Paton, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CBPA; PROTEIN PSPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CBPA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLS24 GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSPA GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34547616843     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00335-07     Document Type: Article

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