Expression level of a chimeric kinase governs entry into sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6113-6122

  Eswaramoorthy, Prahathees ^a,b   Dravis, Ashlee ^a,c   Devi, Seram Nganbiton ^a   Vishnoi, Monika ^a   Dao, Hoang Anh ^a   Fujita, Masaya ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE A; PROTEIN SPO0A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPORE GERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80655143438     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05920-11     Document Type: Article

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