The integrity of the periplasmic domain of the VirA sensor kinase is critical for optimal coordination of the virulence signal response in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1436-1448

  Nair, Gauri R ^a,b   Lai, Xiaoqin ^a   Wise, Arlene A ^a   Rhee, Benjamin Wonjae ^a,c   Jacobs, Mark ^a,d   Binns, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c Arizona State University ^*  (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOSYRINGONE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING PROTEIN; MONOSACCHARIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRA HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIR; VIRUSES;

EID: 79952409787     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01227-10     Document Type: Article

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