Sinorhizobium meliloti CtrA stability is regulated in a CbrA-dependent manner that is influenced by CpdR1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2139-2149

  Schallies, Karla B ^a   Sadowski, Craig ^a,c   Meng, Julia ^a,d   Chien, Peter ^b   Gibson, Katherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Symbiota   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CBRA PROTEIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ A RECEPTOR; CPDR1 PROTEIN; CTRA PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; WILD TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STABILITY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84930794935     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02593-14     Document Type: Article

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