Role of the transporter-like sensor kinase CbrA in histidine uptake and signal transduction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 2867-2878

  Zhang, Xue Xian ^a   Gauntlett, Jonathan C ^a   Oldenburg, Darby G ^a,d   Cook, Gregory M ^b   Rainey, Paul B ^a,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HISTIDINE; NITROGEN; TRANSPORTER LIKE SENSOR KINASE CBRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CBRA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PROTEOLIPID; PROTEOLIPOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSPORT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TRANSPOSON;

PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HISTIDINE; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEOLIPIDS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84938832283     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00361-15     Document Type: Article

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