Phosphorylation signalling through the Legionella quorum sensing histidine kinases LqsS and LqsT converges on the response regulator LqsR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1039-1055

  Schell, Ursula ^a   Kessler, Aline ^a   Hilbi, Hubert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE KINASE LQSS; HISTIDINE KINASE LQST; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN LQSR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INHIBITION KINETICS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PULL DOWN ASSAY; QUORUM SENSING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEGIONELLA; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84901408676     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12612     Document Type: Article

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