Regulatory interactions of a virulence-associated serine/threonine phosphatase-kinase pair in Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 400-409

  Shakir, Salika M ^a   Bryant, Katie M ^a   Larabee, Jason L ^a   Hamm, Elaine E ^a   Lovchik, Julie ^b   Lyons, C Rick ^b   Ballard, Jimmy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOSERINE; PHOSPHOTHREONINE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SERINE THREONINE PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 73649111360     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01221-09     Document Type: Article

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