Haemophilus ducreyi RpoE and CpxRA appear To play distinct yet complementary roles in regulation of envelope-related functions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 4012-4025

  Gangaiah, Dharanesh ^a   Zhang, Xinjun ^a   Baker, Beth ^b   Fortney, Kate R ^a   Liu, Yunlong ^a   Munson, Robert S ^b   Spinola, Stanley M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CPXRA PROTEIN; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; DNA HELICASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE III; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; RPOE PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CPXA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CPXR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN KINASE; SPORULATION-SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DOWN REGULATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HOMEOSTASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; UPREGULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84910002324     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02034-14     Document Type: Article

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