Dual input control: Activation of the Bartonella henselaeVirB/D4 type IV secretion system by the stringent sigma factor RpoH1 and the BatR/BatS two-component system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 756-775

  Québatte, Maxime ^a   Dick, Mathias S ^a   Kaever, Volkhard ^b   Schmidt, Alexander ^a   Dehio, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BATR; PROTEIN BATS; PROTEIN D4; PROTEIN DKSA; PROTEIN SPOT; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPOH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; SHOTGUN PROTEOMICS; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEOMICS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84887410273     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12396     Document Type: Article

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