The Rcs signal transduction pathway is triggered by enterobacterial common antigen structure alterations in Serratia marcescens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-74

  Castelli, María E ^a   Véscovi, Eleonora García ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ENTEROBACTERIAL COMMON ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RCS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 78650078035     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00839-10     Document Type: Article

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