Localization and cellular amounts of the WalRKJ (VicRKX) two-component regulatory system proteins in serotype 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4388-4394

  Wayne, Kyle J ^a   Sham, Lok To ^a   Tsui, Ho Ching T ^a   Gutu, Alina D ^a   Barendt, Skye M ^a   Keen, Susan K ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; MONOMER; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN WALRKJ; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE; YYCF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OPERON; PCSB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SEROTYPING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; OPERON; PROTEIN KINASES; SEROTYPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77956540008     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00578-10     Document Type: Article

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