Regulation of the type I protein secretion system by the MisR/MisS two-component system in Neisseria meningitidis

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1588-1601

  Sanningrashi, Soma ^a   Zhang, Xinjian ^a,b   Tzeng, Yih Ling ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYTOTOXIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN HLYB; PROTEIN HLYD; PROTEIN MISR; PROTEIN MISS; REPEAT IN TOXIN PROTEIN; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; HLYB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TYPE 1 PROTEIN SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 66849115110     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.023945-0     Document Type: Article

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