A small unstructured region in Vibrio cholerae ToxT mediates the response to positive and negative effectors and ToxT proteolysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 654-668

  Thomson, Joshua J ^a   Plecha, Sarah C ^a   Withey, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TOXT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TCPN PROTEIN, VIBRIO CHOLERAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; BILE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEOLYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84920836371     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02068-14     Document Type: Article

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