Enterococcal sex pheromones: Evolutionary pathways to complex, two-signal systems

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 198, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1556-1562

  Dunny, Gary M ^a   Berntsson, Ronnie Per Arne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; C PEPTIDE; CF10 PROTEIN; CYTOPLASMIC RECEPTOR; ENTEROCOCCAL SEX PHEROMONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PRGX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES;

EID: 84971528852     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00128-16     Document Type: Article

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