Comparative functional analysis of the RcsC sensor kinase from different Enterobacteriaceae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Huang, Ya Hui ^b   Ferrières, Lionel ^b   Clarke, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; DjlA; RcsC

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SENSOR; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PROTEIN KINASES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 62549084685     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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