Multiple posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms partner to control ethanolamine utilization in Enterococcus faecalis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4435-4440

  Fox, Kristina A ^a   Ramesh, Arati ^b   Stearns, Jennifer E ^b   Bourgogne, Agathe ^c   Reyes Jara, Angelica ^c   Winkler, Wade C ^b   Garsin, Danielle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2 component system; Riboswitch

Indexed keywords

COBAMAMIDE; ETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; LISTERIA; MOLECULAR SENSOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSWITCH; RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ETHANOLAMINE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LISTERIA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LISTERIA;

EID: 63149194170     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812194106     Document Type: Article

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