An atypical Phr peptide regulates the developmental switch protein RapH

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6197-6206

  Mirouze, Nicolas ^a   Parashar, Vijay ^b   Baker, Melinda D ^b   Dubnau, David A ^a,b   Neiditch, Matthew B ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN COMA; PROTEIN PHRH; PROTEIN RAPH; PROTEIN SPO0F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80655142466     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05860-11     Document Type: Article

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