Ethanolamine activates a sensor histidine kinase regulating its utilization in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7147-7156

  Del Papa, María Florencia ^a,b   Perego, Marta ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOLAMINE; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; HISTIDINE KINASE 17; LIGAND; NITROGEN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSENSOR; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTESTINE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ETHANOLAMINE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 55749109226     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00952-08     Document Type: Article

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