FeuN, a novel modulator of two-component signalling identified in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-182

  Carlyon, Rebecca E ^a   Ryther, Joanna L ^a   Vanyperen, Ryan D ^a   Griffitts, Joel S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FEUN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABC TRANSPORTER; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FEUP PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FEUQ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LEGUME; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIONT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASM; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77954020348     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07198.x     Document Type: Article

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