Phosphorylation of Spo0A by the histidine kinase KinD requires the lipoprotein med in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3949-3955

  Banse, Allison V ^a   Hobbs, Errett C ^a,b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE KINASE KIND; KINA PROTEIN; KINB PROTEIN; KINC PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN MED; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPO0A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CANNIBALISM; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79960415937     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05199-11     Document Type: Article

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