Identification of YsrT and evidence that YsrRST constitute a unique phosphorelay system in Yersinia enterocolitica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5887-5897

  Walker, Kimberly A ^a,b   Obrist, Markus W ^a,b   Mildiner Earley, Shirly ^b,c   Miller, Virginia L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN YSRR; PROTEIN YSRS; PROTEIN YSRT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORELAY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 78049436040     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00745-10     Document Type: Article

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